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GOP Rep Nancy Mace Makes Conflicting COVID Vaccine Remarks On CNN, Fox News
The congresswoman promoted natural immunity on one cable news network and urged viewers on the other to get vaccinated.The congresswoman promoted natural immunity on one…
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Global Omicron COVID variant detections rise as experts seek answers
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Biden says no new lockdowns for Omicron COVID-19 variant
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Nov 29, 2021 Heads of vaccine firms say they can quickly retool existing vaccines to address the…
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WHO Warns That Omicron Virus Variant Poses ‘Very High’ Risk
“Many of us might think we are done with COVID-19. It’s not done with us,” World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday.“Many of…
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In a letter from 1787 to be sold at auction this week, the Russian empress called for widespread access to a precursor of the smallpox…
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Mutations can work together to make a virus more fearsome, but they can also cancel one another out. This phenomenon, called epistasis, is why scientists…
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COVID-19 vaccines may have saved 500,000 lives in Europe
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Nov 29, 2021 One study suggests the shots saved about 470,000 people 60 years and older…
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