[ad_1] A novel Omicron subvariant, BA.2, was found to be 1.5 times more transmissible than the original Omicron strain; analysis finds drugmakers increased list prices by 6.6% at the beginning of the year; alcohol consumption linked with the development of several cancer types. COVID-19 Subtype More Contagious Than Omicron As reported by CNBC, research on […]
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has recently reported 198 cases of Covid-19 traced to the BA.2 Omicron sub-lineage, which appears to be more infectious than the more common BA.1, but hospitals are coping well in spite of the current wave infecting thousands of people daily, according to reports. A total of 150 BA.2 cases were imported infections […]
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[ad_1] In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers compare severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pre-variants of concern (VOC) strains and the Delta VOC strain. To do this, the researchers compared ribonucleic acid (RNA) and infectious viral load (VL) in non-vaccinated individuals, as well as in vaccination breakthrough infections caused […]
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