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Pfizer is lobbying to thwart whistleblowers from exposing corporate fraud
Dec 06, 2021 12:30Pfizer is among the Big Pharma companies trying to block legislation strengthening whistleblowers’ ability to report corporate fraud.
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Top scientist warns UK’s progress on COVID now squandered
Dec 06, 2021 12:10Sir Jeremy Farrar, British Director of Wellcome Trust who stepped down as a UK government scientific adviser recently, suggests emergence of Omicron variant means pandemic is far from over.
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Does the Omicron variant mean COVID is going to become more transmissible?
Dec 05, 2021 07:00In the case of coronavirus, there is also an obvious hole in the argument: transmission normally occurs before symptoms start or during the earliest stage of symptoms, meaning that severity of illness has little influence on the spread of the virus.
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The new variant is worrying – but it doesn’t change how we tackle COVID
Dec 02, 2021 06:37The only way to stop B.1.1.529 and other coronavirus mutations is through testing, masks, and getting vaccines to everyone in the world
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Omicron’s full impact will be felt in countries where fewer are vaccinated
Dec 01, 2021 06:57Researcher say the new coronavirus variant known as B.1.1.529 – which the World Health Organization named Omicron on Friday Nov. 26 seems highly transmissible, but the big question is whether it causes severe disease. Either way, poorer nations will be hit hardest.
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What does appearance of Omicron variant mean for the double-vaccinated?
Nov 30, 2021 05:28The emergence of Omicron has prompted widespread speculation that it may be more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines than existing variants, including Delta. But what does that mean for the average double-vaccinated person?
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'It was entirely avoidable': Rich countries blamed as new COVID variant sparks global alarm
Nov 28, 2021 17:58The detection of a new, heavily mutated, and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in Botswana and other nations is sending shockwaves worldwide as public health officials rush to understand the strain and its possible impact on the global pandemic response.
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US food insecurity is much higher than before COVID
Nov 28, 2021 17:50As the COVID pandemic upended the economy in the spring and summer of 2020, tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs and became ever more vulnerable to hunger. In consequence, the country’s network of food banks saw a sudden spike in usage.
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Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert
Nov 28, 2021 07:23Researchers in South Africa are racing to track the concerning rise of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The variant harbours a large number of the mutations found in other variants, including Delta, and it seems to be spreading quickly across South Africa.
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COVID jab wait for 12- to 15-year-olds in England could be up to five months
Nov 26, 2021 15:13In Britain, delays to the vaccination rollout mean some 12- to 15-year-olds may not get their COVID jab until February next year – 15 weeks after the government’s original target for offering the jab to all eligible teenagers, according to the Labour Party.