Jan 12, 2022 | Politics & Society
COVID-19 has a new variant. Omicron has drastically increased cases worldwide and has governments contemplating new measures, including lockdowns and moving schools back online. The lack of global vaccinations ode partially to uneven distribution to poorer nations and...
Dec 13, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Deborah Fuller If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it’s possible that existing vaccines won’t be as effective as they have been. If so, it’s likely that companies will need to update their vaccines to better...
Nov 29, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Wolfgang Presier, Cathrine Scheepers, Jinal Bhiman, Marietjie Venter & Tulio de Oliveira Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to understand...