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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…
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…
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…
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…
The United States on Sunday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a Reuters tally, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of…
It’s too early to know for certain how the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus behaves, but one small early study and multiple anecdotal reports suggest with cautious optimism that the strain may cause more mild symptoms than other variants such as delta, experts…
The fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been reported in 50 countries and 19 states, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She added, “we expect that number to continue to…
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