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Al-Ahram Weekly - Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 2:59:18 PM
In this extract from his recent book, Abdel Wahab El-Messeri reflects on the many mutations of antisemitism in the Western mindset, and interrogates one of the strangest transformations in the history of the 20th century -- how, as death approached, the Jews in the Nazi camps became "Muslims"

Life & Style - Health
8/18/2022 11:25:46 AM
Studies are under way to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease, the World Health Organization told AFP.

World - International
4/26/2022 9:10:06 PM
A dramatic drop in testing for Covid-19 has left the world blind to the virus's continuing rampage and its potentially dangerous mutations, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.

Life & Style - Health
12/18/2021 2:05:40 PM
The delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus are trying to spoil the holiday spirit, but there still are ways to enjoy the festivities. The explosive spread of the omicron variant is causing many to wonder if they should cancel their holiday plans. The omicron mutation is expected to overtake the delta variant in the United States within weeks.

World - International
12/14/2021 9:44:34 PM
Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its Covid pill -- a new type of treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with Omicron -- drastically reduced hospitalizations and deaths among at-risk people by almost 90 percent.

Al-Ahram Weekly - World
11/30/2021 11:06:02 PM
It is increasingly difficult to paint a hopeful picture of the future of Ethiopia with the increasing complexity of its conflicts, writes Ahmed Amal

Life & Style - Health
11/30/2021 10:07:00 AM
The World Health Organization says it could still take some time to get a full picture of the threat posed by omicron, a new variant of the coronavirus as scientists worldwide scramble to assess its multiple mutations.

World - Africa
11/25/2021 7:49:10 PM
Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers.

World - International
9/2/2021 8:25:19 PM
'The mu variant has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape,' the WHO said in a statement

Egypt - Politics
8/12/2021 12:31:53 PM
The Delta variant appeared in around 127 countries around the world, and the prospect of it appearing in Egypt in the future is still present, Presidential Health Advisor Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din pointed out

Life & Style - Health
8/8/2021 4:48:06 PM
Experts say it spreads more easily because of mutations that make it better at latching onto cells in our bodies

World - International
4/28/2021 1:00:42 PM
'We are still testing the Indian variant, but the Indian variant has mutations that we have already tested for and which our vaccine works against, so I am confident,' said Sahin

World - International
3/16/2021 5:16:30 PM
France's health ministry said late on Monday that early analysis did not suggest the mutation was more contagious or more deadly than earlier versions of the virus

Life & Style - Health
2/28/2021 1:49:06 PM
A Russian trial testing the effectiveness of revaccination with the Sputnik V shot to protect against new mutations of the coronavirus is producing strong results, researchers said

World - International
1/21/2021 12:03:20 PM
'The danger is that when the infections in a country go up, this mutation becomes a quasi majority variant and then the infection can no longer be controlled,' Braun said

World - International
1/20/2021 2:42:43 PM
The latest study, posted on bioRxiv.org but not yet peer reviewed, was conducted on a synthetic virus with 10 mutations that are characteristic of the variant known as B117 identified in Britain.

World - International
1/8/2021 3:49:44 PM
New research suggests that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa

Life & Style - Health
10/29/2019 12:24:38 PM
An experimental drug from Mirati Therapeutics Inc that targets a specific genetic mutation significantly reduced tumor size in 40% of patients with advanced lung and colorectal cancer so far evaluated in a trial, researchers said

Life & Style - Health
8/18/2019 2:39:25 PM
The treatment targets tumors with specific genetic mutations, irrespective of where in the body the disease started

Life & Style - Health
9/2/2015 11:53:34 AM

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