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Omicron could make up 20% of cases in Seattle, New York and other major cities, expert says

Dr Pavitra Roychoudhury (pictured) is an infectious disease expert at the University of Washington. Using spike gene target failure, he team found that around ... read more

Will booster jabs REALLY beat Omicron? Trial shows variant is ‘markedly resistant’ to Covid vaccines

The Omicron Covid variant makes all major vaccines ‘markedly’ weaker at preventing infection after two doses, another lab study has found. Columbia ... read more

NHS is forced to drop rules self-isolation rules for vaccinated staff

Health service bosses last night ditched self-isolation requirements for medical staff who live with Covid-positive cases amid fears the rapid spread of Omicron... read more

Just 7% of adults expect to back to normal in the spring…FOUR TIMES fewer than this time last year

Britain expects at least another six months of Covid chaos: Just 7% of adults now expect life will be back to normal by the summer, data reveals Less than one i... read more

Dmytro Shymkiv: Innovative medical technologies are one step closer

Ukrainians have an opportunity to become participants in researches carried out within the framework of start-up programs, thanks to which they will be able to ... read more

NYC Covid positivity rate DOUBLED, new cases increase 26%, in 3 days as another wave strikes

New York City is being hammered by another Covid surge, with new daily cases jumping 26 percent and the daily positivity rate doubling over the course of only t... read more

Covid US: Fauci says some rapid tests might be INACCURATE and unable to regularly detect Omicron

Some of the rapid at-home Covid tests Americans use can not pick up the new Omicron variant, Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, sa... read more

Health chiefs insist lateral flows DO pick up Omicron as well as Delta

Lateral flow tests could be failing -to detect thousands of Omicron cases every day, experts have warned. Health chiefs have insisted the rapid kits, which give... read more

Covid UK: 15 have been hospitalised with Omicron but officials are STILL yet to reveal any details

At least 16 Britons have been hospitalised with Omicron but health officials have yet to reveal patients’ vaccination status or even if Covid is the rea... read more

Omicron-hotspot London’s Covid wave is now seeing infection rates soar in ALL over-15s

Covid cases are now rising in every age group except young children in Omicron-hotspot London, according to official figures that lay bare the threat the NHS f... read more

How to tell you’ve got Omicron: Sniffles, a headache or stomach pains are symptoms of Covid variant

Sniffles, headaches, and tiredness appear to be the hallmarks of Omicron, according to a major study that suggests the mutant virus is more akin to a cold than ... read more

Canadian woman had a fetus growing in her LIVER in a highly RARE ectopic pregnancy

A woman in Canada was found with a fetus growing inside her liver in a highly rare ectopic pregnancy, physicians discovered. The 33-year-old woman went to see t... read more

Covid UK: ANOTHER record high as Omicron variant drives a spike with 88,376 cases

Daily Covid cases in Britain rocketed to another record high today as the Omicron Covid variant engulfs the country, with more than 88,000 people diagnosed in... read more

Prepare for another 18 MONTHS of Covid chaos says Chris Whitty

The chief medical officer said he expected a universal jab to be ready at some point in mid-2023 as well as several new antiviral drugs, which should do the ... read more

Eli Lilly and Regeneron announce new monoclonal antibody treatments are effective against Omicron

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has announced that its upcoming COVID-19 antibody drug is able to effectively treat disease caused by both the Omicron and Delt... read more

Confirmed US Omicron cases jump by a third as experts warn they’re just the tip of the iceberg

Confirmed Omicron cases jump by a third overnight: Experts warn it’s just the tip of the iceberg and US will be hit with ‘perfect storm’ TRIPL... read more

Amazon shoppers say their ‘neck pain is completely gone’ thanks to this orthopaedic pillow

‘Like a cloud… provides the perfect amount of support’: Amazon shoppers say this contoured orthopaedic pillow helps alleviate neck pain –... read more

Thousands of hospitalised Covid patients are still struggling a year on

Tens of thousands of Britons who were hospitalised with Covid are still suffering a year on, a study has suggested. A University of Leicester-led team of expert... read more

UK is urged to speed up approval of Pfizer’s ‘stunning’ at-home Covid pill

Britain should speed up the approval of Pfizer’s at-home Covid pill, experts claimed today amid hopes it should still work against Omicron. The pharmaceut... read more

CDC issues grim forecast warning weekly US COVID cases will jump 55% to 1.3 MILLION by Christmas Day

The CDC projects that up to 15,600 Americans will die of Covid during the week that ends on January 8 The CDC projects that there will be up to 1.3 million new ... read more

One in every five US deaths caused by Covid could have been prevented by vaccines

Approximately 168,000 of the 800,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented by the Covid vaccines, a new analysis finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation (K... read more

Covid-19 UK: Wuhan lab leak ‘now the most likely origin of Covid’, MPs told

Harvard scientist Dr Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that Covid was genetically engin... read more

Chris Whitty calls for ‘caution’ over promising Covid hospitalisation data in South Africa

Professor Chris Whitty today called for ‘serious caution’ over a raft of promising data which suggests Omicron may cause milder disease.  Fewer Co... read more

NHS is urged to stop counting thousands of Covid ‘patients’ in official data as critics say the QUA

More than a quarter of Covid ‘patients’ currently occupying hospital beds are actually being treated for another condition, according to official da... read more