The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in South Africa in November 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Omicron as a ...

Immune system T-cell responses remain broadly robust against the omicron variant of coronavirus, according to researchers. In a study published in the journal Viruses, a team from the Hong Kong ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Omicron has taxed the country’s health care system, causing more COVID-19 cases, ED visits and hospitalizations ...

America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived. It was not prepared for last winter’s surge. It was not prepared for Delta’s arrival in the summer or its current winter assault. More than 1,000 ...

Right from omicron's first description, researchers were concerned about its variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Looking over the list of mutations it carried, scientists could identify a number that ...

The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant with a startlingly large constellation of mutations has countries around the world sounding alarms. While the concerns are understandable, experts in immunology ...

It's a worrisome convergence: falling antibody levels and a new variant. Scientists have warned that a coronavirus variant like omicron, which appears able to dodge some protective antibodies ...

Two weeks after the world first learned about the Omicron variant, scientists now agree that it spreads faster than Delta, and it seems to evade existing immunity more easily than previous variants.

It's a worrisome convergence: falling antibody levels and a new variant. Scientists have warned that a coronavirus variant like omicron, which appears able to dodge some protective antibodies ...

As COVID-19 transmission rates reach new highs, Colorado health care leaders are seeing the impact of the highly contagious omicron variant in northern Colorado and across the state. Though omicron ...

THE METRO. REPORTER: DAVID, ALEXANDRA, W DON’T KNOW IF OMICRON IS HERE IN THE U.S. YET, BUT DOCTORS LIKE THOSE HERE AT THE MED CENTER ARE WORKING TO GET AHEAD OF AN OUTBAKRE ON THE HEELS OF A MAJOR ...

With the omicron variant tearing through parts of the Northeast, health officials Tuesday said it won’t be long until it makes up the vast majority of new COVID-19 cases in the Berkshires — if it ...