The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is suspected to be the most infectious yet by binding to human receptors better than the Delta variant and the team’s findings show it may have the potential to ...

The second possibility is that Covid has now settled into a rut, which will see it become progressively milder until it ultimately becomes akin to the common cold. Chin-Hong says that this would make ...

The COVID-19 vaccine confers protection against the development of post-COVID-19 conditions, particularly during the Delta and Omicron eras.

As South Korea battled a spike in flu cases, misinformation swirled online that the country was suffering a resurgence of the ...

It said authorities have also confirmed 12 more cases of the Omicron variant, pushing the total to 246. The delta variant is currently accounting for a vast majority of the newly reported cases in ...

Faster post-COVID-19 recovery is observed after infection with the Omicron vs earlier variants, regardless of vaccination status.

The pandemic’s origins, the complete death toll, and why some people are more likely to get long COVID are among the unknowns.

And this virus has proven to be no different. Scientists named these variants after Greek letters: alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron. Delta, which became dominant in the U.S. in June 2021 ...