As health officials scramble to minimize spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant, many experts have recommended that ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Preliminary data out of South Africa is giving the world insight into how strong omicron really is. The South African Medical Research Council just reported this variant may cause ...

UB researchers said they were not able to pinpoint exactly when the variant arrived in Western New York, but it has likely been circulating in the community for at least ...

This is a column by Mark Murphy, a Savannah physician and author. He is a regular contributor to the Savannah Morning News. A few weeks ago, after nearly two years of doom and gloom, I finally wrote ...

A new variant now makes up a plurality of COVID-19 cases in the United States, federal data shows. EG.5, an offshoot of the omicron variant and descendant of the XBB strain, has been circulating in ...

MANILA, Philippines - Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World ...

While the omicron variant appears to be more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci stressed Wednesday that the vaccines still offer substantial protection against the newly-discovered ...

The drug regulator has cleared Serum Institute to begin Phase III trials for a 2-in-1 covid-flu vaccine while simultaneously approving an Omicron-specific booster, marking a transition toward seasonal ...

The dizzying speed of omicron’s spread has left Americans questioning much of what they know about COVID-19, especially following holiday travel. “This is hitting us at a very inopportune time,” said ...

The dominant variant of the coronavirus has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel. By Carl Zimmer By November 2021, nearly two years after the coronavirus emerged ...