Coronavirus

Corporate profits reached record high of nearly $3 trillion in 2021

Apr 07, 2022 03:10

As working-class Americans struggled with high inflation, corporate profits soared to a record high in 2021, reaching nearly $3 trillion.
Diabetes risk rises after COVID, massive study finds

Apr 05, 2022 03:39

Even mild SARS-CoV-2 infections can amplify a person’s chance of developing diabetes, especially for those already susceptible to the disease.
UK COVID cases at an all-time high, free testing scrapped

Apr 03, 2022 09:31

This sharp jump in COVID-19 case numbers is being driven by the virus variant BA.2 which is even more transmissible than the original Omicron version that swept the UK at the beginning of the year.
Genome data gaps could stymie search for next COVID variant

Apr 02, 2022 10:51

Researchers are concerned that data gaps could make it harder to spot the next COVID-19 variant of concern, and could frustrate efforts to respond to it quickly.
Partygate: New threat to Boris Johnson’s leadership as Met fines 20 over scandal

Apr 01, 2022 08:49

Move by UK police appears to shatter Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim COVID lockdown rules were followed at No 10.
The pandemic isn’t over yet, but Congress is willing to risk that it is

Mar 31, 2022 09:56

If the worst is avoided in the United States, it will not be because state and federal officials have taken measures to prepare for the next wave. To the contrary, Congress recently failed to include additional pandemic funding in its annual massive spending bill.
Can drugs reduce the risk of long COVID? What scientists know so far

Mar 28, 2022 09:21

Researchers are trying to establish whether existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments can prevent lasting symptoms.
Unease about possible new COVID surge grows with rise of BA.2 variant

Mar 25, 2022 03:06

In the past month, the BA.2 variant has gone from 3% of cases sequenced to more than 20%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
Vaccines protect against infection from Omicron subvarian but not for long

Mar 23, 2022 11:11

The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is replacing its sister version, BA.1, as the dominant form of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, which has led scientists to wonder whether the COVID-19 pandemic is about to throw these regions into disarray yet again.
The expendable Americans in a pandemic

Mar 21, 2022 15:54

Every day, more than 1,000 Americans are still dying of COVID.