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Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise—WHO

Geneva, Switzerland—More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World...

90% of Pinoys infected with COVID-19 — expert

Approximately 90 percent of Filipinos may already have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, an epidemiologist said Tuesday. This is based on...

Unvaccinated people twice as likely to be reinfected – CDC

Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 as the fully vaccinated, a study by the Centers for Disease...

Gene editing ‘blocks virus transmission’

Scientists have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to successfully block the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in infected human cells, according to research released Tuesday...

What we do and don’t know about new COVID mutations

Paris—The emergence in Britain and South Africa of two new variants of Sars-CoV-2, which are potentially far more infectious versions of the virus, has...

PH bans travel from Britain

The Philippines is temporarily banning flights from the United Kingdom from Dec. 24 to 31 due to concerns over the spread of a new variant...

WHO Europe urges stronger action to contain new virus strain

The World Health Organization is calling on its members in Europe to step up measures against coronavirus in the face of the new variant...

Virus-hit minks keep scientists on their guard

Coronavirus transmission from minks to humans does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are on their guard in the...

Hong Kong scientists say anti-microbe drug successful against coronavirus

An affordable anti-microbial drug used to treat stomach ulcers and bacterial infections has shown promise in combatting the coronavirus in animals, scientists in Hong...

Coronavirus and other deadly epidemics

The novel coronavirus pandemic, which has passed the milestone of one million deaths, has a higher toll compared with other modern viruses, although so...

Signs virus could be invading the brain

Headaches, confusion and delirium experienced by some COVID-19 patients could be the result of the coronavirus directly invading the brain, according to a study...

Solon seeks strict regulation of biological laboratories

With economic superpowers embarking on a frenzy to put up biological laboratories, a first-term lawmaker is calling for strict regulation in putting up such...

Lab tests confirm Lysol products’ active ingredients are 99.9% effective against COVID-19 virus

A recent study on the viricidal efficacy of surface cleaning and disinfection products against COVID-19, verified that Lysol disinfectants contain active ingredients that effectively...

Study: Even embryos susceptible to coronavirus

ANKARA , Turkey – Shedding more light into how early an individual could contract the novel coronavirus, scientists on Wednesday suggested that it might...
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