China's COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? World 25 Dec, 2022
EDITORIAL: Stop being careless COVID-19 has once again been spreading alarmingly across the country in recent days, but there does not seem to be much concern about the disease among the general public. Opinion 04 Aug, 2022
Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic Spiez Laboratory, known for its detective work on chemical, biological and nuclear threats since World War Two, was tasked last year by the World Health Organization to be the first in a global network of high-security laboratories that will grow, store and share newly discovered microbes that could unleash the next pandemic. World 31 Jul, 2022
Mysterious severe hepatitis in children: A "Post-Omicron COVID-19 Syndrome"? Recently, a sudden rise in acute severe hepatitis with unknown cause in children is being reported from multiple countries around the world, attracting the attention of clinicians, scientists and policymakers. Opinion 13 May, 2022
Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for COVID deaths after damning WHO report India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of COVID-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure. COVID-19 06 May, 2022
India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO COVID mortality study it objects India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed. COVID-19 04 May, 2022
What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US? Some scientists have called BA.2 a “stealth” variant because, unlike the BA.1 variant, it lacks a particular genetic signature that distinguishes it from the delta variant. World 22 Mar, 2022
Variant that combines Delta and Omicron identified; dogs sniff out virus with high accuracy Hybrid versions of the coronavirus that combine genes from the Delta and Omicron variants - dubbed "Deltacron" - have been identified in at least 17 patients in the United States and Europe, researchers said. COVID-19 10 Mar, 2022
Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. COVID-19 07 Mar, 2022
SKorea says Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain People infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant are nearly 75% less likely to develop serious illness or die than those who contract the Delta variant, real world data released on Monday by South Korea's health authorities showed. Health 22 Feb, 2022
US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. World 05 Feb, 2022
India's COVID deaths cross 500,000 but some analysts count millions more India's official COVID-19 death toll crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level some data analysts said was breached last year but was obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease. World 04 Feb, 2022
