The current dominant strain of COVID-19 is three to six times as infectious as the original variation, a new study has suggested. The new strain is, however, not more severe. The variation of COVID-19 currently dominating global cases is more infectious than the original strain that emerged in China, according to a new study published…
A strain of the coronavirus that was first seen in Italy is now the dominant strain of the virus, a group of scientists said Thursday.In an article published by the peer-reviewed science journal Cell, researchers working with the Sheffield COVID-19 Genomics Group announced that the new strain "has become the most prevalent form in the global…
Pigs stand in a barn at a farm in Jiangjiaqiao in northern China's Hebei province. A new strain of flu descended from the 2009 Swine Flu has been identified and is being monitored by scientists due to its pandemic potential. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)APResearchers are monitoring a new flu strain that has emerged in China,…
Pigs in their pen at a farm on the outskirts of Chengdu in China's south west Sichuan province, on August 2, 2005.Peter Parks | AFP | Getty ImagesScientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic.The new strain is descended from…
Since the emergence of the new coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, several researchers have proposed that there is more than one strain, and that mutations have led to changes in how infectious and deadly it is. However, opinions are divided.Genetic mutations are a natural, everyday phenomenon. They can occur every time genetic material is copied. When a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…