pandemic

Here’s what to know about the new COVID variant ‘razor blade throat’

COVID-19

Cases of the recently identified Covid-19 variant NB 1.8.1. are rising. Some have dubbed the variant “razor blade throat” for one of its notably painful symptoms. The World Health Organization says it’s monitoring the variant. The World’s Marco Werman spoke to Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and immunologist based in Boston.

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Global economic inequalities could grow worse with a vaccine for COVID-19

Economics