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Omicron vs Delta: Animal study reveals impact on lungs

Omicron vs Delta: The group said that its studies with the hamsters show that the Omicron variant is less pathogenic and has a lower ability to proliferate than the Delta variant.

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Omicron intensive care cases collapse in 'clearest signal' yet disease is 'less severe'

Around 2 per cent of Covid patients were transferred to ICU in January - compared to 9 per cent in November

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Sinovac vaccine efficacy against Omicron increases following mRNA booster, Yale study finds

A new study suggests the globally popular vaccine produces no neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant.

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"An exploratory study on the propagation of SARS-CoV-2 variants: Omicron is the most predominant variant

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Mystery dog illness could be caused by a coronavirus, experts claim

A mystery dog illness which triggered a warning for pet owners to stop walking their pets on beaches may have been caused by a coronavirus, experts have found.

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Omicron’s molecular structure could help explain its global takeover

Multiple studies are revealing why the SARS-CoV-2 variant is so transmissible, but also seems to cause milder disease.

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Breakthrough COVID powers up immune response to variants — including Omicron

Experiments suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infections after vaccination trigger antibody levels similar to those in people whose infections preceded their vaccination.

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A ‘stealth’ Omicron subvariant is now spreading, worrying experts

Here's what the science shows so far about whether the BA.2 virus is more transmissible and how it holds up against available vaccines.

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Omicron Variant Survives Longer On Plastic, Skin Than Previous Covid-19 Coronavirus Versions

The study found that the Omicron variant survived for 193.5 hours on plastic and 21.1 hours on human skin.

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Stealth Omicron Can’t Hide Its Lethality

Individuals who’ve been vaccinated and those vaccinated who’ve also gotten a booster are less likely to become infected by either Omicron or stealth Omicron, the study states.

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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron VOC subvariants BA.1 and BA.2: Evidence from Danish Households

The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC lineage B.1.1.529), which became dominant in many countries during early 2022, includes several subvariants with strikingly different genetic characteristics. Several countries, including Denmark, have observed the two Omicron subvariants: BA.1 and...

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No dining or ski lifts in France without a coronavirus vaccine booster, tourists warned

British holidaymakers who delay getting a booster jab will be refused access to bars, restaurants and ski lifts in France, an official warned last night.Sources in Paris said that a tightening of the French vaccine passport scheme on February 15 would apply to British tourists, despite more lenient

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UK loses out in production of new coronavirus Novavax jab

Government plans to produce millions of doses of a new Covid vaccine in Britain were dealt a blow yesterday as it was revealed that the first batches will come from India.Initial supplies of the Novavax vaccine will be imported rather than produced on Teesside, potentially undermining a central e

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More people got reinfected during the Omicron wave in UK than before it emerged, data shows. It means people who've had COVID-19 could get sick again.

"A fifteen-fold greater reinfection rate in the Omicron-dominant era is itself massive," Sheila Bird, a professor at Cambridge University, said.

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Daily briefing: Omicron is unlikely to end the pandemic

The pandemic remains volatile and difficult to model, but researchers predict Omicron will not be the last variant. Plus, the terrible toll of drug-resistant infections and Apollo 14’s re-discovered Moon trees.

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"Why an Omicron infection alone might not offer the immune boost you'd expect

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Supercomputer underscores need for ‘distance’ to fight Omicron | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

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Why omicron variant patients are experiencing ‘different’ symptoms compared to each other

The omicron variant has created various symptoms in patients, raising questions about how the virus may show up in anyone.

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Booster dose of Covaxin vaccine candidate neutralizes Omicron and Delta variants

Researchers evaluate the neutralization potential of sera samples from subjects boosted with the Covaxin against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

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Four Omicron Sub-Variants Now Being Tracked Worldwide By WHO; BA.2 Dubbed “Variant Of Concern”

Four Omicron Sub-Variants Now Being Tracked Worldwide By WHO; BA.2 Now Dubbed "Variant Of Concern"

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The ability of individuals to cross-recognize the Omicron spike protein following vaccination or prior infection

Scientists studied the ability of T cells to react with the Omicron spike.

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T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron - Nature

T cell responses to spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) are broadly similar to the responses to ancestral, Beta (B.1.351) and Delta (B.1.617.2) spike protein in vaccinated, infected and unvaccinated individuals.

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