Research shows that average time from first exposure to viral detection and early symptoms was 42 hours, significantly shorter than existing estimates   A controversial study in which participants were willingly infected with Covid has shown that it typically takes two days for symptoms to start developing after exposure to the virus. ...

Cards. Candles. Sunsets. For this New York Times correspondent and other children of Beirut in the 1980s, traumatic reminders of the war are still there in everyday activities. When you’re a child, how do you get through a war? A lot of Monopoly, Scrabble, card games, candles and windowless bathrooms ...

The massive Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by 65cm if it were to completely collapse. And, worryingly, recent research suggests that its long-term stability is doubtful as the glacier haemorrhages more and more ice. Adding 65cm to global sea levels would have a significant coastline-changing impact. ...

Scientists have identified antibodies that can target the unchanged parts of the novel coronavirus as it continues to mutate and evolve, an advance that could lead to new therapeutics to neutralise Omicron and other Covid-19 variants. Identifying such “broadly neutralising” antibodies on the coronavirus spike protein, which the virus uses to enter human cells, can help develop better vaccines and ...

Since the first cases of Omicron were reported in the UK just over a month ago it has spread rapidly across the UK, fuelling a surge of infections. But scientists have also been working at speed. Here is an overview of the expanding scientific knowledge of Omicron. Spread Soon after ...

A handover ceremony took place at the Ministry of Information between former minister George Kordahi and Acting Information Minister Abbas Halabi.   In his word, Kordahi indicated that he briefed his successor on the condition of the Ministry of Information and all its departments, including the National News Agency and ...

‘I think it will protect people through the coming holiday period and through these winter months, when we’re going to see the most severe pressure of Omicron’   A booster dose of the Moderna vaccine generates a strong antibody response against the Omicron coronavirus variant, the company has said. Laboratory testing showed that a half-dose ...

Common cold is caused by a different strain of virus to Covid-19, while the rapidly-spreading omicron variant of Covid-19 often causes mild symptoms, such as stuffy nose, sore head and sore throat, it is very hard to tell the difference without testing.  Professor Tim Spector, from Britain’s Covid Zoe app, ...

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, on Friday met Information Minister, George Kordahi, and received a letter of resignation from the government. Minister Kordahi explained the reasons that prompted him to take his step. For his side, President Aoun thanked Minister Kordahi for his initiative, reiterating Lebanon’s keenness to establish the best ...

Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Friday afternoon contacted by phone President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, after receiving Information Minister, George Kordahi’s resignation letter. The pair deliberated over the current situation and the latest government developments. This afternoon, Premier Mikati received at the Grand Serail the Resigned Information Minister, ...