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A top healthcare investor reveals the new way she's backing startups
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for December 8.
Leah Rosenbaum
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Delta variant still responsible for 99% of COVID-19 cases globally, says WHO
Last week, the global health body classified the latest variant B.1.1.529 of SARS-CoV-2 virus, w…
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The new COVID-19 variant grabbing global headlines, this is what we know so far about it
After the Delta variant, a new COVID-19 variant named ‘B.1.1529’, which was found in South Africa, …
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A new COVID-19 variant called Mu that might be able to evade immunity from vaccines has been detected in almost every US state
The Mu variant could have the ability to evade the immunity people get from vaccines and past infec…
Joshua Zitser
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Vaccines are the best explanation for Omicron's mild symptoms in most people, new research suggests
Omicron seems to produce milder symptoms and fewer hospitalizations than Delta, likely because vacc…
Aria Bendix
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Is Omicron as infectious as it gets? Scientists lay out their best and worst scenarios for the virus' future.
The coronavirus could be endemic before the end of the decade. But in a rare scenario, a more letha…
Aria Bendix
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Omicron may challenge vaccine protection more than other variants, early lab data suggests, but the shots could still protect against severe disease
Two small studies that have yet to be published give the first look at how Omicron may impact immun…
Aria Bendix,Andrew Dunn
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Two Omicron cases reported in India and both are from Karnataka
“All their contacts have been identified and they are under monitoring. The protocol is being fo…
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Japan, Israel, and Morocco ban all foreign travelers from entering over Omicron variant fears
Monday also marks the start of US travel restrictions from eight countries in southern Africa, wher…
Jake Epstein
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Pfizer said an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine will be 'ready in 100 days' if the new Omicron variant is resistant to its current vaccine
Pfizer expects to know within two weeks whether the variant is resistant to its current vaccine, a …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Qatar Airways says it is not accepting passengers on its flights from 2 African nations immediately due to the new Omicron variant
Qatar Airways has enacted the most dramatic restrictions of any airline worldwide after the WHO dee…
Taylor Rains
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The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, raises red flags among scientists — but there are more mysteries than answers about its public threat
The variant shows signs of being more transmissible or dangerous than other strains, but scientists…
Aria Bendix
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Scientists are closely tracking a coronavirus variant with a 'worrying' number of mutations. They don't yet know if it's more infectious.
COVID-19 cases involving the new variant of the coronavirus have been detected in South Africa, Bot…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Coronavirus transmission among vaccinated people could raise the risk of an even more dangerous variant
As cases of the Delta variant surge, vaccinated people who don't mask up may increase the risk that…
Aylin Woodward,Hilary Brueck
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UK study states that Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is 80% effective against B1.617.2 variant of the Coronavirus
According to The Telegraph' newspaper, the latest study's findings were presented to a meeting…
PTI
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Top disease expert says US in the 'eye of the hurricane' as COVID cases decline amid growing concern over spread of UK variant
Osterholm warned about the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant of the virus that was first discovered…
Connor Perrett
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India’s Covaxin effective against Delta Plus variant of COVID-19, reveals ICMR study
Covaxin is developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and National Institute of Pune…
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61 COVID-19 cases were detected on flights from South Africa to the Netherlands amid concern of new Omicron variant
"I am surrounded by MORONS who don't even have their masks on. When we're marooned because of a pos…
Katie Balevic
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Pandemic-related stocks from Zoom to Moderna jump as new coronavirus variant raises alarms and triggers lockdowns
The stock prices of vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer surged Friday along with stay-at-home stocks …
Isabelle Lee
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4 questions scientists are racing to answer about the new Omicron coronavirus variant
Scientists are racing to learn more about the Omicron variant, which has more than 30 mutations on …