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WHO says vaccines may need to be updated for the omicron variant

On Tuesday, a technical body from the World Health Organization (WHO) said that current COVID-19 vaccines will probably need to be reworked to be effective for omicron and new variants of coronavirus. Do we have omicron-specific vaccines yet? * Not quite yet. * Vaccine makers have been trying to develop an omicron-specific

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Here’s what you need to know about the omicron variant

“Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a news briefing. “The reality is that omicron is probably in most countries, even if it hasn’t been detected yet." What are variants? * The omicron variant is a

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Could US-China tensions and omicron derail the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?

With the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing only two months away, international politics and the pandemic pose problems for the event. With health and governmental officials expressing reservations around the event due to the emergence and spread of new COVID-19 variant omicron, while tensions between the two largest superpowers mount

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Why are African leaders so angry about the travel bans imposed by the rest of the world?

Many countries, including the United States and many European nations, put travel bans on South Africa and neighboring African countries as soon as the variant was discovered. What exactly do we know about the omicron variant? * We know a bit about the omicron variant, but first, keep in mind that

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Did vaccine inequality lead to omicron?

Vaccine inequality refers to the idea that richer countries are hoarding vaccines for themselves and aren’t sharing these vaccines with poorer countries. It’s something that the WHO has been talking about since the start of the pandemic, warning that vaccine nationalism would only make the pandemic last longer.

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What does the omicron variant mean for the US economy?

With news about the omicron variant, though, a lot remains uncertain. For example, some have said that the symptoms from the new strain are milder than many originally thought, which helped steady markets on Monday. What’s going on with the US economy? * So, there’s no denying that the