The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Many health experts stress that people should remain vigilant

The highly mutated Omicron subvariant has been detected in four US states

The new Covid strain was placed under the World Health Organisation’s monitoring list

The UK has been transformed from the laggard of developed economy COVID recoveries, after a recent data revision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed its growth was stronger than previously thought after the pandemic-era lockdowns. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of national income that was…

Technologies based on nanoscale materials – for example, particles that are more than 10,000 times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence – play a growing role in our world.

Doctors are unsure about the underlying cause of eye colour change

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

New mutated variants are ‘competing with each other’ as experts warn new waves expected in winter

Australia and China have started their first high-level dialogue in three years in a sign of a slight thaw to relations between countries that have clashed on human rights, COVID-19 and trade

An updated Coronavirus booster that targets a new variant is expected to be made available in September

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