Manal Mohammed is a senior lecturer of medical microbiology at the University of Westminster. Since the COVID variant Omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants.

A new version of omicron has taken hold in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subvariant of omicron, named XBB.1.5, has raised ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Now that the omicron variant has reached the U.S. via the Bay Area, the question follows, what happens next for vaccines, public policy and research? UCSF has confirmed they're ...

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine evaluated the burden and risk of post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PASC) during the pre-Delta, Delta, and ...

A new set of COVID-19 subvariants has been significantly increasing in prevalence but the strains, known as FLiRT, are not expected to cause more serious illness than prior versions of the virus.

An omicron subvariant is once again demonstrating immune-dodging abilities, posing a threat to both vaccinated and previously infected individuals. A report published Wednesday in the New England ...

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scripps Research and the University of Chicago has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by ...

As the Christmas season looms, with its crowded end-of-year parties, family gatherings and busy travel schedules, many New ...

The omicron variant’s family tree has grown substantially over the last year. The brood now encompasses a subvariant soup with alphanumeric names such as BA.2, BA.5 and BF.7. The U.S. Centers for ...

On December 1, Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin reported new findings on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron. The team led by Prof. Jan Felix Drexler has now retracted the article, ...