A Covid Test Targeting The Fast-Spreading XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is Being Developed By Scientists

Topline Swiss pharma giant Roche on Thursday launched a new Covid test designed to help researchers find the highly contagious omicron offshoot XBB.1.5—unofficially nicknamed “Kraken”—a mutant that is...

Risk of a dangerous new Covid variant in China is ‘quite low,’ U.S. health expert says

Pictured here on Dec. 28, 2022, is gymnasium-turned-fever clinic in Fuzhou, Fujian province. Wang Dongming | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — It’s unlikely that a dangerous new Covid-...

Can The Ouroboros Variant Pull ADA Price Back to This Year’s Peak?

Cardano experienced a rise in daily user activity. The ecosystem saw a couple of projects going down. Charles Hoskinson was not happy with the failed Cardano project. What Caused This Spike? The Carda...

Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now

A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza has claimed the lives of 74 Californians under the...

Marvel Announces Variant Covers For Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, X-Men

Marvel is releasing special variant covers in January 2023 to introduce their newest class of … [+] “Stormbreakers,” or illustrators to watch. Marvel Hands may be wringing in the fil...

Variant leads $18.5 million fundraise for developer platform Hyperlane

Hyperlane, a startup that helps developers connect applications across different blockchains, has raised $18.5 million from web investment firm Variant. Galaxy Digital, CoinFund, Circle, Figment, Bloc...

Variant Raises $450M for Web3 Startups Focusing on Early-Stage Projects

Web3 venture firm Variant has raised a $450 million umbrella fund, including a $150 million seed fund for early-stage projects and a $300 million to support teams “with demonstrated traction from our ...

Variant raises $450 million for two new venture funds

Crypto venture investment firm Variant has raised $450 million across two new funds targeting the beleaguered market for Web3 and decentralized finance.  In a Thursday announcement shared with The Blo...

Venture Capital Firm Variant to Establish $450m Venture Fund III

Venture capital firm Variant has announced the launch of a $450 million Venture Fund III to help startups focused on Defi and Web3 infrastructure. In this funding round, the company said Venture Fund ...

Variant Launches $450M Investment Fund to Empower DeFi and Web3 Projects

American investment firm Variant announced Thursday the launch of a $450 million investment fund to empower decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and web3 startups. To accelerate the plan, the com...

President Joe Biden likely has Covid-19 BA.5 variant; symptoms improving

President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwrig...

Decentralized Oracle Empiric Network Raised $7M Led by Variant

Decentralized oracle on StarkNet, an Ethereum Layer 2 network (a scaling solution) – Empiric Network has secured $7 million in funding led by Variant. Empiric Network integrates smart contracts ...

a16z and Variant lead $18 million round into DeFi lending protocol Morpho

DeFi lending protocol Morpho has raised an $18 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Variant via a native token sale in exchange for USDC. According to an announcement, other investors i...

Morpho Generates $18M Co-Led by Variant and a16z

Morpho recently closed its fundraising round co-led by Variant and a16z after raising 18 million dollars. Over 80 more investors participated in the event, including power users, founders, advisors, a...

U.S. Secures 3.2 Million Novavax Covid Vaccines — Offering Alternative To MRNA Shots As New Variant Spreads

Topline The Biden administration announced Monday it has secured 3.2 million doses of the two-dose Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, which it plans to release for free pending emergency authorization from the...

Highly Contagious BA.5 Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S. As Covid Cases Rise

Topline The highly transmissible BA.5 omicron subvariant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S., accounting for nearly 54% of Covid-19 infections last week, according to estimates from the...

Have You Been Vaccinated And Had A Covid Infection? You’re Probably Best Protected Against Omicron, Study Suggests.

Topline A previous Covid infection provided more “durable” protection against infection with the omicron variant than two or three doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines—but protectio...

Sanofi, GSK Covid Booster Triggers ‘Strong Immune Response’ Against Multiple Variants—Including Omicron

Topline European pharmaceutical giants Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline on Monday said their next-generation Covid booster shot provoked a “strong immune response” against omicron and other variants of conc...

Context Raises $19.5M in Seed Round Led by Variant Fund

Context is focused on permitting users to use Instagram-esque feed to observe people’s wallets and transactions. Crypto startup firm Context has raked in $19.5 million in a seed round led by Variant F...

Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.

A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Covid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New ...

New omicron XE variant detected in Japan as UK cases rise

As of April 5 2022, 1,125 cases of XE — a new scombinant subvariant — have been identified in the U.K., up from 637 on March 25. Dominic Lipinski | Pa Images | Getty Images Japan has reported its firs...

UK has detected a new Covid variant. Here’s what we know so far about omicron XE

According to the Office for National Statistics, 4.9 million people in Britain, or 1 in 13, were infected with Covid-19 as of March 26 — a record high since its survey began in April 2020. Bloomberg |...

Here’s What We Know About Omicron XE — The New Covid Variant Found In The U.K.

Topline A new Covid-19 variant that combines two different omicron strains has been identified in the United Kingdom, and it could be the fastest-spreading Covid variant yet, according to early data f...

BA.2 Omicron Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S., CDC Says

Topline The highly transmissible BA.2 Omicron variant comprised more than half of COVID-19 infections last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as experts say they bel...

Omicron ‘stealth’ variant BA.2 is spreading rapidly in China

People line up for nucleic acid testing at a temporary Covid-19 testing site on March 22, 2022 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — As mainland C...

Health experts predict uptick in U.S. Covid cases due to new BA.2 variant

Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, responds to questions from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on...

Biden says U.S. will deploy new Covid vaccines within 100 days if another variant emerges

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol’s House Chamber March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Imag...

Newly Discovered HIV Variant Can Cause Patients To Develop AIDS Twice As Fast, Researchers Say

Topline British researchers have discovered a new HIV variant that doubles the rate of immune system decline in infected people and can cause AIDS to set in two to three times faster than other strain...

Moderna starts clinical trial of booster shot targeting omicron Covid variant

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Giorgio Companies site in Blandon, PA where the CATE Mobile Vaccination Unit was onsite to administer Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines...

The next Covid variant will be more contagious than omicron, WHO says

RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...

Pfizer Says Its Covid Antiviral Pill Is Effective Against Omicron Variant

Topline Pfizer released three separate laboratory studies Tuesday showing its antiviral drug Paxlovid is effective at treating the omicron variant of the coronavirus, amid uncertainty over whether som...

WHO says omicron won’t be last Covid variant as global cases surge by 20% in a week

Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switze...