New Covid Wave Sweeping World – WHO
“According to the WHO, there have been more than 770 million cases of Covid-19 and over 6.9 million deaths from the virus since the beginning of the pandemic.” via RT image: © Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images More than 1.4 million new cases of Covid-19 and over 1,800 deaths attributed to the disease were registered … Continue reading
Is COVID-19 Winding Down? Scientists Say No
“Scientists worry the virus may well keep evolving in worrisome ways.” by LAURA UNGAR via associated press (via yahoo news) Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and … Continue reading
Covid Origin Studies Say Evidence Points to Wuhan Market
“…evidence paints a picture that Sars-Cov-2 was present in live mammals that were sold at Huanan market in late 2019.” by Victoria Gill – Science correspondent BBC News via yahoonews Scientists say there is “compelling evidence” that Wuhan’s Huanan seafood and wildlife market was at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak. Two peer-reviewed studies published on Tuesday re-examine information from … Continue reading
COVID-19 Vaccine Can Elicit a Distinct T Cell-Dominant Immune-Mediated Hepatitis
“Recently, several reports have surfaced indicating autoimmune hepatitis (AIH)-like conditions post-COVID-19 vaccination, not observed during clinical trials” by Tarun Sai Lomte via News Medical Life Sciences headline image: SARS-CoV-2 vaccination can elicit a CD8 T-cell dominant hepatitis – © NIAD In a recent study published in the Journal of Hepatology, researchers reported that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination could … Continue reading
‘Faster’ Omicron Variants That ‘Escape Immunity’ May Drive New COVID-19 Waves, Scientists Warn
“Scientists are also closely watching other subvariants of Omicron that appear to be spreading around the world.” by Svetlana Ekimenko via Sputniknews Image by Daniel Roberts – Pixabay As COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations are once more on the rise in most states across America, scientists have been waning of new variants of the Omicron strain that are starting to dominate … Continue reading
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Converts to DNA Inside Human Liver Cells, Says New Study
“The Swedish study is the first time that researchers have shown how an mRNA vaccine can transform into DNA.” Sophie Mann Just the News Headline Image: © Pfizer/cihr-irsc.gc.ca/KJN The messenger RNA from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine reportedly can enter human liver cells and be converted into DNA, contrary to what the CDC has said. A study by Swedish scientists finds that … Continue reading
New Coronaviruses Found in Bats
“According to the paper, three viruses, named BANAL-103, BANAL-236 and BANAL-52, have genomic similarities to pandemic-causing SARS-CoV-2, especially in a “key domain of the spike protein that enables the virus to bind to host cells.”” via RT The discovery backs up the theory that Covid-19 may have originated in bats, researchers say Three new SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, which “could represent a … Continue reading
Dismissed ‘Deltacron’ Variant Could Be Real
“It remains unclear whether the cases observed originated in the UK or arrived from overseas, but the UKHSA identified five ‘variants of concern’ in the country, including the Delta and Omicron strains.” via RT Headline Image Caption/Credit: The UK Health Security Agency has begun tracking the so-called ‘Deltacron’ variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus. © Getty Images / loops7 UK health … Continue reading
Danish Scientists Say New Subtype of Omicron More Contagious Than Original Strain
“The risk that a person infected with the BA.2 type strain will pass the virus to their family members is 39%, compared to 29% observed in the original variant, according to the institute.” via SputnikNews Image: Matryx / Pixabay Danish scientists have found that the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus is significantly more contagious than the … Continue reading
New Coronavirus Strain Discovered
“…the scientists warn of a “potential bio-safety threat” for humans, “with both high fatality and transmission rate.”” via RT Image: Unsplash Chinese scientists have warned of “a potential bio-safety threat” presented by a new strain of coronavirus, which, subject to mutation, may be passed from animals to humans and cannot be “cross-neutralized” by Covid-targeting antibodies. The researchers, most of whom … Continue reading