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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization

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Covid-19 threat expected to become on par with flu this year, says WHO

The World Health Organization is considering downgrading covid-19 from a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert, as the coronavirus is now less likely to cause serious illness or overload healthcare services

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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 03: Nicole Fahey, of Altadena, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot from RN Veronique (cq) Vida (cq) at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. The County of Los Angeles, including Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, and Norma Edith Garc?a-Gonz?lez, Director of Parks and Recreation, will host a media event kicking off COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is proposed to be given in two 10-microgram (mcg) doses administered 21 days apart. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns from infection

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Big cats, such as lions and tigers, have tested positive for the coronavirus before, but this is the first known case of a lion probably transmitting the infection to zoo workers

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Lion infected with covid-19 probably passed it on to two zoo workers

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (13403526be) Demonstrators with the Millions Missing organization gather outside of the White House on September 19, 2022, laying down on the sidewalk in an act of civil disobedience to call for urgent governmental action for the millions of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long-term COVID, and other infection-associated, complex- chronic diseases. Civil Disobedience Health Care Protest At White House, Washington, d.c., United States - 19 Sep 2022

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Long-neglected chronic conditions finally come into the spotlight

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A protest outside the White House, Washington DC, in September 2022 urging government action for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis, long covid and other infection-associated chronic conditions

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We’re starting to understand how viruses trigger chronic conditions

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Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in??Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC2TKL9J8J25

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US agency says covid-19 may have leaked from lab – here's what to know

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In severe cases, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria can cause pneumonia and serious blood infections

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Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium

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The young patient watches the nurse put a bandage on her injection site.

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Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule in US

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SARS-CoV-2 could evolve into new variants that may evade existing vaccines

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Inhaled powder that coats airways can block coronavirus infection

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Antiviral injections can treat covid-19

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Antiviral treatment cuts covid-19 hospitalisation rate in half

A treatment called pegylated interferon lambda shows good efficacy against the omicron strain of the coronavirus and in people who have been vaccinated, unlike some other antivirals

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We must not lose the interest in immune health that covid-19 spurred

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What effect did lockdown have on your child’s immune system?

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The covid-19 virus gets into the brain – what does it do there?

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AI detects if YouTubers are infected with omicron coronavirus variant

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