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New COVID-19 virus variant cases rising rapidly in England: UK Health 

HQ Team August 5, 2023: A new mutant of the COVID-19 virus is spreading across the UK rapidly, and the number of people infected with the disease is rising, government data shows. Positive tests based on genomic sequences

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Enrollment for test trials to find long Covid-19 treatment starts in US

HQ Team August 1, 2023: The US medical research agency has opened enrollment for the second stage of trials to evaluate about four treatments for long-Covid-19 and plans another seven treatment tests in the near future. The treatments include

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WUSTL scientists’ device can detect Covid-19 variants in a room in 5 minutes

HQ Team July 11, 2023: Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are looking to commercialize their biosensor technology for sniffing out Covid-19 virus variants out of thin air in a room within five minutes. In real-time, the

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Covid-19, summer heat, mpox challenges haunt European region

HQ Team June 28, 2023: Extreme summer heat and a resurgence of mpox in Europe are adding to the hardship created by the Covid-19 virus, which is still killing 1,000 people in the continent every week, a senior

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MRI technique shows Covid-19 virus alters white matter in brain

HQ Team June 15, 2023: A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique has revealed that the Covid-19 virus alters white matter in the brain. “Some may think COVID-19 affects just the lungs,” said Alexander Wong, a Canada Research Chair

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Britain’s public inquiry into Covid-19 pandemic to start today

HQ Team June 13, 2023: A public inquiry starts today in Britain, into the nation’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed 224,546 people in the country. The scope of the probe ranges from the government’s preparedness, political

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FDA grants approval to first antiviral oral pill for Covid-19

Today's approval demonstrates that Paxlovid has met the agency's rigorous standards for safety and effectiveness, and that it remains an important treatment option for people at high risk

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WHO ends public health emergency status for COVID-19 disease

HQ Team May 6, 2023: The World Health Organization has terminated its public emergency status for COVID-19 and told nations to transition to long-term management of the disease that has claimed about seven million lives so far. “Yesterday,

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FDA issues warning on SD Biosensor’s at-home COVID-19 test

HQ Team May 5, 2023: The USFDA has warned healthcare providers and consumers from using SD Biosensor Inc. pilot COVID-19 at-home tests due to bacterial contamination. Direct contact with the contaminated liquid solution, distributed by Roche Diagnostics, could

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Signs of post-COVID-19 global health system recovery surface

HQ Team May 3, 2023: First major signs of health system recovery, after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, were visible at the start of this year, with disrupted services falling 23 percentage points during the three-month period