Corona subline XBB.1.5 to spread in Europe

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Experts say that the highly contagious XBB.1.5 subline of the Corona variant Omikron could spread to Europe in the coming weeks and months. “One can say with some prognostic certainty that the variant will become the dominant variant in our country as well,” said German epidemiologist Hajo Zeeb. XBB.1.5 has rapidly increased in frequency in the northeastern U.S. and has dominated infection activity there since mid-December, said Richard Neher, head of the Evolution of Viruses and Bacteria research group at the University of Basel Biozentrum. Outside the northeastern U.S., the…

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“Unsettled weather” – the comeback of winter

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Warm temperatures come to an abrupt end on Sunday. Instead, the high fog now finds its way back – the snow is also coming back. From Sunday afternoon and on Monday, a weakly active front of an Atlantic low and an Italian low slowly starting to form will again provide unsettled weather, according to the experts at the UBIMET weather center. Temperatures drop somewhat but remain above the seasonal average. On Sunday, clouds predominate, and tenacious high fog patches persist away from the Alps. The sun can be seen most…

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What you can learn from failure

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Good New Year’s resolutions can make sense, but many fail. When this happens, mechanisms are triggered in the body that prevents learning from failure. With the right strategies, however, you can counteract this – and move forward through loss. No matter if it’s a good resolution or a business idea: If you fail, you hurt your ego, and your self-image is scratched. The feeling of failure triggers the production of cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline in the body, explains Munich psychologist Dieter Frey – stress hormones that are supposed to enable…

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Why you should not remove the white skin from tangerines!

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Tangerines are in the high season during the winter season. Many remove the white skin – but you shouldn’t!Opinions differ regarding the thin white skin that wraps around the tangerine. Some meticulously remove the threads because they find the whiteness disturbing or even consider it unhealthy, while others advocate eating the fruit with white skin. So what is “right”? Although tangerines contain (fruit) sugar, they are also full of vitamins, trace elements and minerals, and provide your body with essential nutrients, as “Utopia” reports. Among them are vitamin C, B1…

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According to expert: 5 body parts that should be washed more often

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In a TikTok video, a doctor names 5 body parts that are washed far too rarely and go viral with it.Shower in the morning or in the evening? Once a day, twice, or just a few times a week? When it comes to personal hygiene, everyone has their routine. But there’s one thing everyone should take to heart: washing regularly. According to one expert, however, most of us don’t do this thoroughly enough. Dr. Jen Caudle is a family doctor, professor of medicine and TV health expert who shares tips…

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WHO is concerned about Corona variant XBB.1.5

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the new Coronavirus variant XBB.1.5. The Corona variant discovered in October is more easily transmissible than any previously known virus variants, World Health Organization (WHO) Corona specialist Maria van Kerkhove said Wednesday in Geneva. Corona variant XBB.1.5 spreads in U.S. and EuropeAccording to available genetic analyses of the virus, it is spreading mainly in the U.S. and Europe and has already been detected in 29 countries. It is a subset of the Omikron variant that has been circulating since late 2021. A…

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20 million Corona vaccinations administered in Austria

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Exactly 6,746,702 people in Austria have received at least one Corona vaccination, or nearly three-quarters of the total population (74.2 percent). “Vaccination has prevented thousands of deaths in Austria and spared tens of thousands of people serious illness. The benefit exceeds the risk many times over,” Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) stressed Thursday. 20 million Corona vaccinations administered in Austria5.1 million people (56.2 percent) have completed their primary immunization of three vaccinations against the coronavirus, and 1.6 million have also been boostered with at least one additional sting. Among at-risk…

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What is known so far about the XBB.1.5 variant of the coronavirus

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In recent weeks, there has been frequent talk that the pandemic has entered a final phase, and the massive waves of flu and RSV have also pushed the coronavirus into the background. But the rise in the number of cases in China, after the regime there abandoned its zero-covid policy, has brought Sars-CoV-2 increasingly back into the headlines. Millions of Chinese are now believed to be infected with the coronavirus. And the more infections there are, the more a virus can circulate freely, and the more likely new mutations are.…

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Am I allowed to drive with less than 0.5 per mille?

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Nikolaus Authried of ÖAMTC-Rechtsberatung knows from consulting practice that quite a few misconceptions circulate among the population concerning alcohol consumption and roadworthiness. Regarding the assumption “Under 0.5 per mile, I am allowed to drive a car or motorcycle in any case,” he says: “The legally defined alcohol limits are maximum limits – if these are exceeded, one is, in any case, liable to prosecution. Under certain circumstances, however, even a significantly lower alcohol content can mean that you are no longer fit to drive, for example, in the case of…

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