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Boosters increase protection against death from Omicron in over-50s to 95% – UKHSA
LONDON (Reuters) -COVID-19 boosters increase protection against death from the Omicron variant to 95% in people aged 50 or over, the UK Health Security Agency said on Thursday. The UKHSA said that aro...
Jan 27, 2022
China’s Walvax says has most participants for large mRNA COVID vaccine trial
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Walvax Biotechnology has recruited most of the 28,000 participants needed for a large clinical trial of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a senior company official said ...
Jan 27, 2022
Pfizer, Moderna shots safe during in vitro fertilization; healthy gut bacteria may help prevent long 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 26, 2022
Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government scientists said on Wednesday they have taken an important step in the long trek toward making nuclear fusion - the very process that powers stars ...
Jan 26, 2022
Wanted: Volunteers to catch COVID in the name of science
(Reuters) - The world's first medical trial authorised to deliberately expose participants to the coronavirus is seeking more volunteers as it steps up efforts to help develop better vaccines. The Oxf...
Jan 26, 2022
English COVID study finds record prevalence in January
LONDON (Reuters) - An English COVID-19 study reported record prevalence in January after an Omicron-fuelled spike in infections, Imperial College London said on Wednesday, adding that infections had d...
Jan 25, 2022
Analysis-A metaverse with Chinese characteristics is a clean and compliant metaverse
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - How will China's metaverse evolve? Look to the letter "c". Clean, censored, compliant and crypto-less is the view from experts. The descriptions point to the lo...
Jan 25, 2022
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
