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Interview with Stefania Salmaso, epidemiologist at the IEA (Italian Association of Epidemiology). In recent days the curve of contagions 'seems' to have reached a plateau, but it is difficult to make predictions about the future because the…

Omicron 5: three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we are still dealing with a contagious and extremely mutable virus: from Alpha to the more significant Delta and then Omicron

Omicron vaccine? In anticipation of another COVID-19 surge, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recommended vaccine makers to update their booster shots to include components of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5

Are vaccinated people less prone to Long Covid? This question is answered by the study funded by the Humanitas Foundation for Research, conducted by Prof. Maria Rescigno, head of the Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology and Microbiota at…

In the week of 15-21 June, there were 255,442 new Covid cases in Italy. There was also an increase in ordinary admissions, +14.4%, and in intensive care, +12.6%

Prof. Pregliasco explains everything we need to know about the new Covid variant Omicron 5, with an eye on the autumn

COVID-19 deaths in the African region are expected to decline by almost 94% in 2022, compared with 2021 which was the pandemic’s most lethal year, a new modelling by World Health Organization (WHO) finds

Covid Xe variant of Sars-CoV-2 causes concern, with new symptoms to watch out for

The Covid Xj variant has been isolated for the first time from a laboratory in Reggio Calabria. New Omicron variant isolated for the first time in Italy

A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom. The recombinant variant, dubbed XE, is a hybrid of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2