It’s been about a month since scientists first detected the highly mutated coronavirus variant dubbed “omicron.” Since then, scientists have come to learn that omicron spreads faster than the delta variant and is the quickest-spreading variant the world has yet faced. It also has a huge ability to bypass immune […]
Most of the 43 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant found in the United States were mild and occurred among vaccinated people, but boosters are effective against it, according to a report the CDC released Friday. Of the 43 people with cases, more than half were 19 to 39 years […]
Most of the 43 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant found in the United States were mild and occurred among vaccinated people, but boosters are effective against it, according to a report the CDC released Friday. Of the 43 people with cases, more than half were 19 to 39 years […]
A study led by researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) provides the first information on how the novel Variant of Concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infect human respiratory tract. The researchers found that Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infects and multiplies 70 times […]
As the omicron variant sparks worldwide fears of renewed COVID-19 outbreaks, Americans’ worries about infection are again on the rise, but fewer say they are regularly wearing masks or isolating compared with the beginning of the year. A new poll conducted by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public […]
Researchers at Mayo Clinic and around the world continue to monitor the omicron variant and study how it behaves. Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, who has decades of experience in the field of infectious diseases, offers some insight into what the emergence of omicron tells us about […]
Ómicron y COVID-19 en Iberoamérica El 8 de diciembre el director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph. D., informó que ómicron se ha identificado ya en 57 países en el mundo y se espera que la variante se identifique en más. En sus apalbras de apertura […]
New research helps bolster the argument for getting COVID-19 booster shots now, even though the formulations are not specifically targeted to the latest Omicron and Delta variants, researchers suggest in a paper published today. Dr Otto Yang Senior author Otto Yang, MD, professor in the division of infectious diseases and […]
Although the new Omicron variant is spreading across the U.S. and world quickly, early reports suggest that it may cause less severe disease than the Delta variant. Doctors in South Africa, where the variant is becoming a dominant strain of the coronavirus, have said that hospitalization rates haven’t yet increased […]
The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus – possibly one that causes the common cold – present in the same infected cells, according to researchers. This genetic sequence does […]
