The world is being hit by a tsunami of Omicron. Scientists, politicians and indeed all of us are grappling with what it means for our lives. Restrictions are tightening in parts of the UK and ...

Omicron has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel. Read more here. Some people who experience cognitive issues after long COVID continue to struggle with brain ...

A drive-through testing centre in South Africa, where there has been a surge in cases South Africa was where the new Omicron variant was first identified, and cases there have taken off rapidly.

The Omicron coronavirus variant may result in milder illness than its predecessors, two studies conducted in the United Kingdom and released Wednesday suggest. Preliminary estimates suggest that ...

Read on to know what makes this Omicron variant so dangerous in nature. As per reports, the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, also known as the Kraken variant is currently circulating in over 38 ...

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Less than a week after the first case of Omicron was reported, travel restrictions targeting the greater South African Region have been imposed. The strain poses a new challenge to medical ...

The scientific community is scrambling to understand the Omicron variant, and we've gotten the first looks at how much protection COVID-19 vaccines might provide against it. As of Friday afternoon ...

A new variant of COVID called XEC — a combination of two Omicron subvariants — is spreading in the middle of flu season.

Since 2020, COVID-19 has surged across the nation and the world. With variants like Omicron, Delta, Alpha and more, this ...

Please report side effects. See the full CMI for further details. 1. Why am I being given COMIRNATY Omicron XBB.1.5? COMIRNATY Omicron XBB.1.5 is a vaccine given to prevent coronavirus disease ...

The XBB.1.5 subvariant — nicknamed ‘Kraken’ — is arguably the most genetically rich and most transmissible SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariant yet. News Wrap: Russia shells Bakhmut in eastern ...