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Explainer: Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2

Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Coronavirus Vaccines, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Infections, COVID-19 transmission, Covid-19 Variants, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Omicron BA.2, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), R&D, Scientists

The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus – the most common form of which is known as BA.1 – now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dramatic surges in COVID cases have already peaked in some countries.

January 30, 2022/by Reuters Health

Controversy Surrounding COVID-19 Origin Continues to Mount

COVID-19 Origins, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Senators, The Wall Street Journal, Virology, Wuhan

The controversy surrounding Covid-19’s origin continues to heat up, as the National Institutes of Health’s recent removal of genetic data about the novel coronavirus virus from the NIH archive was brought into the spotlight.

September 14, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys