Animal studies and experiments involving cells cultured in the laboratory suggest that the Omicron variant may have a reduced ability to infect the lungs, compared with the Delta variant. This could explain why the Omicron variant appears to cause less…
Omicron coronavirus variant is fuelling rising numbers of infections across the region, including among health workers. The rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant has prompted dire warnings from healthcare workers across South America, as pressure builds at hospitals whose…
Six months after contracting Covid, as many as 1.6 million people in the U.S. are still unable to smell or have experienced changes in their ability to smell. Scientists are piecing together why some people lose their sense of smell…
President Joe Biden is urging schools to stay open, but there’s a widespread Covid testing shortage. He calls it the “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” but that’s only confused boosted Americans home sick with the omicron variant. And the administration hasn’t changed its guidance…
The United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total of any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant showed no signs…
The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that’s different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say. “We’re seeing a surge in patients again, unprecedented in this pandemic,” said Dr. James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine at George…
More children are getting hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before as the Omicron variant’s dominance intensifies. An average of 672 children were admitted to hospitals every day with Covid-19 during the week ending Sunday, the highest such number of the…
The worst-case scenario with the new variant could be 20 percent more US Covid-19 deaths than last winter. Covid-19 cases are surging upward again in the United States, and public health experts are warning the fast-spreading omicron variant may push…
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading quickly in several countries where it has been discovered. Even if it causes only mild disease — and that’s far from certain — that could still mean many people end up in the hospital and…
GENEVA: The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said on Sunday (Dec 12). The Delta variant, first identified in India…
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