2025 Nears Climate Heat Record, Mpox Variant Discovered, and Hobbit Extinction Explained
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Feeling Hoarse? You Might Have the New ‘Stratus’ Covid Variant
Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally…
WHO Monitors New Covid Variant Spreading in America and Europe
A new Covid variant is being kept under surveillance by the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per cent
Rice fields are a major source of methane emissionsThirawatana Phaisalratana/iStockphoto/Getty Images A new variety of…
XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms
Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variantsJarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant…
Covid variant JN.1 may have become dominant due to just one mutation
JN.1 spread widely despite many people being vaccinated and having previous covid-19 infectionsDebarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock One…
Marvel Comics salutes Women’s History Month with 7 ‘Star Wars’ variant covers
March is the calendar page where we honor and salute Women's History Month each year…
Home Tests Detect the New COVID Variant, But May Take Longer
Jan. 23, 2024 – You’ve got the symptoms, but your test for COVID-19 isn't positive.…
Covid-19 variant JN.1 may be the mildest form of the virus yet
The JN.1 version of the omicron covid-19 variant was first detected in Luxembourg in August…