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COVID is less severe with Omicron than Delta, U.S. study suggests
By Manojna Maddipatla and Leroy Leo (Reuters) - The Omicron variant appears to result in less severe COVID-19 than seen during previous periods of high coronavirus transmission including the Delta wav...
Jan 25, 2022
YouTube will explore NFT features for creators
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - YouTube is exploring features for its video creators to capitalize on non-fungible tokens, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday, becoming the latest tech comp...
Jan 25, 2022
China’s Xi meets International Olympic Commission’s president in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's President Xi Jinping met International Olympic Commission (IOC) President Thomas Bach in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, just over a week before the Winter Games are due to ki...
Jan 25, 2022
China drafts new rules to allow gene edited crops
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has published trial rules for the approval of gene-edited plants, paving the way for faster improvements to crops. The new guidelines, published by the Mi...
Jan 24, 2022
Omicron survives longer on plastic, skin than prior variants; nose swabbing found best for rapid tests
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jan 24, 2022
Mixed COVID vaccine schedules offer stronger boost after Sinovac regimen – study
(Reuters) - Giving COVID-19 vaccines from either AstraZeneca-Oxford, Pfizer-BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson as a booster after two doses of the COVID-19 inactivated-virus vaccine from Sinovac, leads to ...
Jan 24, 2022
NASA’s new space telescope nears destination in solar orbit
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe, neared its gravitational parking space on M...
Jan 24, 2022
Small children getting less sick from Omicron; Genetic mutation protects against severe COVID
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jan 21, 2022
Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where t...
Jan 20, 2022
Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where t...
Jan 20, 2022
