NEW: The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics

1 year ago | February 9, 2023

NEW: The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the ...

Michael Baker, David Durrheim, Li Yang HSU & Nick Wilson Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in ...

1 year ago | January 14, 2023

NEW: Botswana reports new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5

Botswana has discovered the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, said a government official in a press release issued on ...

1 year ago | December 31, 2022

New Omicron subvariant accounts for over 40pc of new Covid-19 ...

NEW Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40,5 percent of Covid-19 cases in the United States in the ...

1 year ago | December 21, 2022

NEW: ‘US Covid-19 cases surpass 100m’

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the United States topped 100 million on Tuesday, according to data from the Johns ...

1 year ago | December 10, 2022

NEW: Working one day a week in person might be the key to ...

Sam Andrey, Cory Searcy & Patrick Neumann THE Covid-19 pandemic spurred a global shift to remote work, with the ...

1 year ago | December 3, 2022

NEW: Covid-19 emergency phase closer to end despite Omicron ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday that the world was “much closer” to end the emergency phase ...

2 years ago | November 5, 2022

New Omicron subvariants make up over 35pc of US Covid-19 cases

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for over 35 percent of Covid-19 cases in the United States this week, ...

2 years ago | October 29, 2022

NEW: Coronavirus origins: the debate flares up, but the evidence ...

Francois Balloux Nearly three years since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged, we’re still not certain where the virus behind ...

2 years ago | October 25, 2022

NEW: WHO stresses vaccines as flu season ramps up, Covid lurks

Vaccination continues to be one of the most effective tools in combating both influenza and Covid-19, and the World ...

2 years ago | October 22, 2022

NEW: Being stressed out before you get COVID increases your ...

Susannah Tye Stress is part and parcel of modern life. When we’re on the verge of a new challenge or a significant ...

2 years ago | October 21, 2022

WHO official warns pandemic “not yet over”

“The pandemic is not yet over,” a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Friday, saying the ...

2 years ago | January 23, 2022

Covid-19 booster uptake rises

MORE than 30 000 people have taken the Covid-19 booster shot in the first three weeks of January, while infections and ...

2 years ago | January 21, 2022

Anti-vaccine singer dies after deliberately getting Covid

A Czech folk singer who was opposed to having a coronavirus vaccine has died after deliberately contracting the virus, ...

2 years ago | January 20, 2022

Judges reveal why Novak Djokovic had to miss Australian Open

Three judges who unanimously rejected Novak Djokovic's bid to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open have ...

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