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Calgary Herald
a day ago
- Health
- Calgary Herald
'Swallowing razor blades': What to know about the painful symptom linked to latest COVID strain
Article content The World Health Organization recently designated NB.1.8.1 as a variant under monitoring. The strain, nicknamed 'Nimbus,' has reportedly been causing extremely painful sort throats in those who have been infected with it. Article content Cases of the Nimbus variant have been rising. It has been detected in 22 countries as of May 18 and made up 10.7 per cent of the global COVID samples taken in late April, WHO said. That was considered a 'significant rise in prevalence' since it only made up 2.5 per cent of global COVID samples four weeks prior. However, WHO deemed the overall risk of Nimbus to be low. Article content Article content 'While not specific to COVID-19,' he said, 'this expression has been used to describe sore throat symptoms in some patients with the most recent COVID-19 variant.' Article content It has been described by some as 'akin to swallowing shattered glass or razor blades,' news network NTD reported. Article content Article content However, infectious disease specialist at University of California San Francisco Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, told the San Francisco Chronicle that a sore throat from COVID is 'not novel at all.' Article content 'There has been a range of intensity of sore throat with COVID symptoms all along, including very severe pain,' said Chin-Hong. Article content Other symptoms of COVID include runny nose, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, fatigue or weakness, muscle or body aches, new loss of smell or taste, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. Article content Article content This particular strain 'isn't too different from the Omicron variant, but it does have some tweaks to its spike protein,' according to general practitioner from private healthcare centre Pall Mall Medical in the United Kingdom Dr. Chun Tang, The Independent reported. That means it could 'spread a bit more easily or slip past some of our existing immunity.'
National Post
a day ago
- Health
- National Post
'Swallowing razor blades': What to know about the painful symptom linked to latest COVID strain
Article content The World Health Organization recently designated NB.1.8.1 as a variant under monitoring. The strain, nicknamed 'Nimbus,' has reportedly been causing extremely painful sort throats in those who have been infected with it. Article content Cases of the Nimbus variant have been rising. It has been detected in 22 countries as of May 18 and made up 10.7 per cent of the global COVID samples taken in late April, WHO said. That was considered a 'significant rise in prevalence' since it only made up 2.5 per cent of global COVID samples four weeks prior. However, WHO deemed the overall risk of Nimbus to be low. Article content Article content 'Despite a concurrent increase in cases and hospitalizations in some countries where NB.1.8.1 is widespread, current data do not indicate that this variant leads to more severe illness than other variants in circulation,' according to WHO. Article content Article content It has been described by some as 'akin to swallowing shattered glass or razor blades,' news network NTD reported. Article content However, infectious disease specialist at University of California San Francisco Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, told the San Francisco Chronicle that a sore throat from COVID is 'not novel at all.' Article content Other symptoms of COVID include runny nose, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, fatigue or weakness, muscle or body aches, new loss of smell or taste, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. Article content Article content This particular strain 'isn't too different from the Omicron variant, but it does have some tweaks to its spike protein,' according to general practitioner from private healthcare centre Pall Mall Medical in the United Kingdom Dr. Chun Tang, The Independent reported. That means it could 'spread a bit more easily or slip past some of our existing immunity.' Article content 'That said, early signs suggest it doesn't seem to cause more serious illness, but of course, we're still learning more about it,' said Tang.
India Gazette
10-06-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Taiwan's semiconductor giant TSMC's revenue grows by 39.6% in May 2025 (YoY)
ANI 10 Jun 2025, 13:04 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Taiwan's Multinational semiconductor company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on Tuesday, reported a rise of 39.6 per cent (year on year) in its net revenue for May 2025. The company reported a net revenue of NTD 320.52 billion (USD 10.70 billion) for May 2025, as compared to NTD 229.62 billion (USD 7.67 billion) reported for May on a month-on-month basis, the revenue of TSMC declined by 8.3 per cent in May 2025 as compared with April's figure of NTD 349.57 billion (USD 11.67 billion).For the first five months of this year, the revenue of the company was at NTD 1,509.34 billion (USD 50.38 billion), which was nearly 43 per cent more than what was reported for the same period of the previous year. TSMC served over 500 customers worldwide in 2024, and it manufactured 11,878 products for various applications covering a variety of end markets, including high-performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer to the company, the annual capacity of the manufacturing facilities managed by TSMC and its subsidiaries exceeded 16 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2024. Last month, the company reported a significant rise in revenue figures for April 2025, attributed to a surge in demand for advanced postponed the commencement of construction for its second wafer fabrication plant in Kumamoto, Japan, citing significant traffic issues impacting TSMC also confirmed that the company has no plans to establish a manufacturing plant in the Middle East, specifically dismissing rumours about building a chip foundry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (ANI)
Bloomberg
10-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Taiwan Life Losses Double in May as Currency Rally Hit Insurers
Taiwan Life Insurance Co. 's losses more than doubled in May from a month earlier as the local currency's rally against the US dollar pummeled its foreign investments. The insurer posted a loss of NT$2.83 billion ($94.5 million) in May, compared with a NT$1.32 billion loss in April, parent CTBC Financial Holding Co. said in a statement.
Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Taiwan's Money-Market Rate Slump May Delay Central Bank Easing
A surge in the Taiwanese dollar last month spurred an influx of funds, driving local money-market rates to the lowest level in more than a year and potentially delaying monetary easing by the central bank. Taiwan's dollar has surged 11% since the end of March, which the central bank said was fueled by ' excessive ' inflows from exporters and foreign investors. Meanwhile, overseas buyers poured almost NT$220 billion ($7.4 billion) into local equities in May as the benchmark index gained. That's bolstered liquidity in the interbank market — and the highest interest rate that financial institutions pay to borrow for one week has slid to a 14-month low.
