Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot from Seth Rogen set for release in August 2023

Green certainly is his favorite color.  Seth Rogen’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot – in partnership with Nickelodeon – is set to hit theaters on August 11, 2023 as it will be the seventh film in the feature franchise based on the 1984 comic of the same name. The 39-year-old actor took to Twitter to … Read more

Could the Indian variant derail our exit plan? Your vital questions answered on new Covid mutant

Could the Indian variant derail our exit plan? Your vital questions answered as new Covid mutant spreads By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:52 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 08:17 BST, 14 May 2021 What’s going on? Cases of a coronavirus variant first detected in India are rising in the UK, potentially threatening the lockdown-easing … Read more

Covid India: CDC classifies ‘double mutant’ strain as ‘variant of interest’

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally classified a coronavirus variant that emerged in India as a ‘variant of interest’ (VOI) on Wednesday. Known as B.1.617, the variant has become the most common in the Asian country, making up an estimated two percent of all cases, according to outbreak.info. It has been called … Read more

Mutant South African Covid-19 variant can ‘break through’ the Pfizer jab, study finds

The mutant South African Covid-19 variant can ‘break through’ the Pfizer jab, a study has found. Scientists studied 400 people who had tested positive for coronavirus at least 14 days after receiving one or two doses of the jab – and 400 who tested positive with no vaccine.  The variant was eight times more prevalent in those who had … Read more

Mutant South African Covid-19 variant can ‘break through’ the Pfizer jab, study finds

The mutant South African Covid-19 variant can ‘break through’ the Pfizer jab, a study has found. Scientists studied 400 people who had tested positive for coronavirus at least 14 days after receiving one or two doses of the jab – and 400 who tested positive with no vaccine.  The variant was eight times more prevalent in those who had … Read more

India claims it spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that spreads easier and may escape vaccines

India today claimed it has spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that may spread easier and make vaccines less potent.  Government-backed researchers detected the strain in samples taken in the western state of Maharashtra.  They suggested the variant is a hybrid of two different Covid strains — a rare event which occurs when two viruses … Read more

India claims it spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that spreads easier and may escape vaccines

India today claimed it has spotted a ‘double mutant’ Covid variant that may spread easier and make vaccines less potent.  Government-backed researchers detected the strain in samples taken in the western state of Maharashtra.  They suggested the variant is a hybrid of two different Covid strains — a rare event which occurs when two viruses … Read more

New Covid test could HALVE the time it takes to identify mutant strains, experts say 

New Covid test that spots variants faster could HALVE the time it takes to identify mutant strains, experts say New variant test will soon be testing every Covid positive sample for mutations Genotype assay testing could halve the time it takes to spot virus mutations  The new system is currently being trialled in NHS Test … Read more

Mutant Covid strains are ‘very unlikely’ to stop UK enjoying a normal summer, expert says

Mutant strains of the coronavirus are ‘very unlikely’ to stop the UK having a normal summer, a top scientist has said. Head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body Professor Sharon Peacock said tweaking vaccines will allow Britain to ‘stay ahead’ of Covid-19. Prof Peacock said she was ‘optimistic’ Britain’s world-leading jab rollout means the … Read more

Mutant Covid strains are ‘very unlikely’ to stop UK enjoying a normal summer, expert says

Mutant strains of the coronavirus are ‘very unlikely’ to stop the UK having a normal summer, a top scientist has said. Head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body Professor Sharon Peacock said tweaking vaccines will allow Britain to ‘stay ahead’ of Covid-19. Prof Peacock said she was ‘optimistic’ Britain’s world-leading jab rollout means the … Read more