Omicron Variant

First noted by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, January 24, the so-called Stealth Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in at least 40 countries across the world, although much is unknown about it, including how severe...

Data from new studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot offers significant protection against serious infection from Omicron. The omicron variant of Covid has become the most dominant strain...

Soon, you may have a device that detects the presence of Covid-19 in your environment, allowing you to know definitively whether or not you have been exposed to the virus. This might be one way to lessen the constant worry...

The French biotech firm Valneva says that early studies show its coronavirus vaccine is effective against Omicron and it might be able to deliver doses to the European public in April. Officials from Valneva released a statement to the public...

Confirming a widely-held understanding of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a new South African study released on Friday confirmed that the mutation caused less severe illness and leads to fewer hospitalizations and deaths than any previous variants. The study,...

Omicron infection rates may be dropping soon in the US and Great Britain, some experts say -- simply because the newest variant of the coronavirus is so incredibly contagious that it will run out of individuals to infect. With the...

As the Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads wildly across the globe, Greece shows a higher prevalence than the US and the UK

A new South African study shows that the J & J booster shot is effective at minimizing hospitalizations associated with the Omicron variation of the virus. The study showed that the second shot of the Johnson & Johnson product proved...

On Thursday, Greece recorded another staggering total of 35,580 cases of Covid-19, an increase of 6,752 over the 28,828 that has been recorded on Wednesday, which in itself was 7,171 more than the 21,657 cases on Tuesday. This is the highest number...

The United States reached a record high of daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. The country recorded a seven-day average of over 282,000 cases as the Omicron variant has begun to dominate in all 50 states. Johns Hopkins University's Covid-19 database...