Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO
5 May 2023
The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"
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28 February 2023
The US Department of Energy says that covid-19 most likely originated from an unintentional laboratory leak in China, according to a classified document. However, it has not released evidence supporting the claim
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Hundreds of genetic variants may influence your risk of becoming severely ill with covid-19, a discovery that could lead to more targeted treatments or even tests that assess a person's likelihood of complications
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6 June 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update: May 2022. Updates from: April 2022, March 2022, February 2022, January 2022, November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March...
Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection
18 May 2022
Researchers compared the rate of long covid among people who were vaccinated after catching covid-19 with those who developed long covid before being vaccinated
