Scientists Discover โ€˜Sisterโ€™ of Omicron Variant, Officials Warn Itโ€™s โ€˜Harder to Trackโ€™

Scientists say they have discovered a โ€œsisterโ€ of the mutated COVID-19 variant Omicron. In an announcement on the discovery, health officials warn that the new lineage is โ€œmuch harder to track.โ€ A South African man in Queensland who tested positive for Omicron has a genetically different version of the virus that experts have dubbedย โ€œOmicron Like.โ€ โ€ฆ Read more

Zero Healthy Children Between 5 and 18 Died from COVID, German Study Finds

Not a single healthy child aged between the ages of 5 and 18 has died from COVID-19 in the first 15 months of the pandemic, a study by German scientists has found. โ€œOverall, the SARS-CoV-2-associated burden of a severe disease course or death in children and adolescents is low,โ€ the scientistsย statedย in a new report. โ€œThis โ€ฆ Read more