Category: variant

Health Professionals Warn Kids Diagnosed With New COVID-19 Variant Display Previously Unseen Symptom

Medical professionals are reporting that children diagnosed with the new Omicron subvariant of COVID-19, XBB.1.16, display conjunctivitis symptoms. According to the Sun Sentinel, multiple health experts have reported children coming in with “itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes, not seen in earlier waves.” In an April 6 Twitter post, Vipin M Vashishtha, former convenor of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics…


Children Diagnosed With New COVID-19 Variant Show New Symptom, Health Professionals Warn

Medical professionals report that children diagnosed with the new Omicron subvariant of COVID-19, XBB.1.16, display conjunctivitis symptoms. According to the Sun Sentinel, multiple health experts have reported children coming in with “itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes, not seen in earlier waves.” In an April 6 Twitter post, Vipin M Vashishtha, former convenor of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and…


How China Changed its Zero-COVID Policy to a ‘Zero Non-COVID’ Policy

Commentary “Zero non-COVID” is the name that people in China are calling the regime’s new pandemic management policy. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has aggressively pushed the whole country towards an all-COVID-positive state. China’s annual rubber-stamp legislature is usually in session during the month of March. It is widely expected that the coming session will…


Senator Claims FBI Has Criminal Evidence on Hunter; Texas Has Seized 342M Lethal Doses of Fentanyl | NTD News Today

Senator Grassley says FBI whistleblowers have revealed that the bureau has extensive evidence of possible criminal conduct by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the president’s brother James Biden. Texas unveiling a new campaign to raise awareness about fentanyl and to save lives — as Texas officials seize enough of the drug to kill everyone in the United States. Boston…


Growing Number of Countries Identify Cases of ‘Deltacron’ Variant

A growing number of cases of a hybrid COVID-19 variant dubbed “Deltacron” are being identified, including several cases in the United States. Researchers with Helix, a California-based genomic company, found two cases of COVID-19 infection caused by a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron variants, while researchers in France determined 18 people were infected by…


How scared should we be of variants?

As explained in the video below, viruses are recognized by the immune system via small segments (or epitopes) of their antigens (which can be compared to a set of clothing), and once we have immunity through vaccination or previous infection, our immune systems are able to quickly identify those antigens and neutralize the virus, preventing…


Cyprus Scientists Discover Combined Delta and Omicron COVID-19 Variant Dubbed ‘Deltacron’

A team of scientists in Cyprus has identified a strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus that reportedly combines many of the characteristics of the Delta and Omicron variants, according to a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus. Leondios Kostrikis, who is also head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology at the…


COVID-19 Variant ‘IHU’ With 46 Mutations Found in France

Another variant of COVID-19 with a large number of mutations was discovered in France last month, but scientists have urged people not to panic. The variant is known as B.1.640.2, or colloquially as “IHU,” after the researchers at Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute discovered it. In a study published Dec. 29, researchers said that the B.1.640.2…


WestJet to Cancel 15% of Flights Due to COVID 19 Related Staff Shortages

CALGARY—WestJet Airlines Ltd. is dealing with so many employees out sick with the Omicron variant that it is being forced to cut 15 percent of its scheduled flights through to the end of January. WestJet spokeswoman Morgan Bell confirmed via email that the airline has seen a 35 percent rise in active COVID-19 cases among…


As COVID 19 Cases Rise, Ontario Study Suggests Omicron Is Less Severe

The Omicron variant continued to cause record-breaking COVID-19 case numbers in several provinces Thursday, but a new study from Ontario suggested those infected with the variant are significantly less likely to face hospitalization or death compared to those with Delta. In the study, Public Health Ontario compared Omicron cases with symptoms that emerged between Nov….