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World
The Pandemic Still Isn’t Over. So What Now?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. In March 2020, just weeks after the pandemic ...
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Health
New ‘Deltacron’ Variant Is Rare and Similar to Omicron, Experts Say
In recent days, scientists have reported that a hybrid of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants has been popping up in several countries in ...
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Health
‘Stealth’ Omicron Is Stealthy No More: What’s Known About the BA.2 Variant
As the Omicron coronavirus surge subsides, researchers are keeping an eye on a highly transmissible subvariant known as BA.2. Although it doesn’t ...
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World
Is the BA.2 version of Omicron worse? Here’s what you need to know.
With the huge Omicron surge in coronavirus cases now receding in the United States and many other countries, reports have been cropping up in ...
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Politics
F.D.A. Clears Covid Drug From Eli Lilly That Shows Promise Against Omicron
With Covid treatments still in short supply in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave emergency authorization to a ...
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Health
New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds
White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the first time ...
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World
U.S. Covid Death Toll Nears 900,000 as Omicron’s Spread Slows
CHICAGO — More than 2,600 Americans are dying from Covid-19 each day, an alarming rate that has climbed by 30 percent in the last two weeks ...
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Health
Yes, Omicron Is Loosening Its Hold. But the Pandemic Has Not Ended.
After a frenetic few weeks when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus seemed to infect everyone, including the vaccinated and boosted, the ...
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Health
Omicron’s Radical Evolution
As nurses and doctors struggle with a record-breaking wave of Omicron cases, evolutionary biologists are engaged in a struggle of their own ...
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Business
Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)
The Omicron wave of the coronavirus appears to be cresting in much of the country. But its economic disruptions have made a post-pandemic normal ...
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