The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

A new coronavirus variant with a “high number of mutations” has been detected in the UK.

The new Covid strain was placed under the World Health Organisation’s monitoring list on Thursday due to the ‘large number of mutations it carries’

Covid vaccines are currently only available via the NHS but some scientists have highlighted a need for companies to offer private sales, like with flu jabs

NIMHANS study shows diaphragmatic breathing intervention effective in reducing stress, negative emotions in young adults during COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Rajeev Jayaram Paleri and K.S. Meena, the study found that a one-time video-based relaxation technique was effective in lowering stress and negative emotions in 30 young adults from a Bengaluru…

The new strain has been found to have a large number of mutations, putting scientists on alert

Public health expert says value of contracts cannot be assessed as they are described using ‘waffle words generated by the obfuscation machine’

Pfizer stock and Moderna stock dipped Friday — giving back some of their late Thursday gains on an upswing related to their updated Covid shots.

It is unclear whether BA.2.86 causes more severe disease but its detection in several countries has put scientists on alert

Events such as filmgoing craze partly blamed as epidemiologists warn country could have a summer wave