Studies from the United Kingdom and South Africa suggest fewer people are being hospitalized after being infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 than prior strains of the virus. It…
Research scientists working for the United States Army have developed a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants – including Omicron. The vaccine is also expected to…
A Christmas party in Oslo that led to Europe’s biggest Omicron outbreak shows rapid spread of the virus, short incubation, high breakthrough rate, but mild to moderate symptoms and no…
Questions are being raised about the efficacy of Covid-19 rapid tests and whether they provide true confidence for people possibly exposed to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The consensus seems…
Drug maker Moderna says a half-dose booster of its mRNA vaccine provides 37 times more neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron COVID variant. And a higher, 100µg booster dose of the…
A UK study of Omicron shows that symptoms for vaccinated individuals fall in line with what has been observed in South Africa: Omicron symptoms are predominantly cold symptoms such as…
Researchers in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have independently found that the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 seems to proliferate in the upper bronchia rather than in the lungs, potentially leading to…
The World Health Organization has approved emergency use for Covovax, the Serum Institute of India’s version of Novavax Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine. The WHO says this decision is expected to provide…
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is almost certainly not the final iteration of SARS-CoV-2 that the world will face, says a technical study published in the journal Science.…
An analysis of 120,000 Delta cases and 15,000 suspected Omicron cases found that people infected with Omicron were no more likely to be asymptomatic than those infected with Delta, a…