(Natural News) Cases of the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant of covid are rising all across the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And those most…
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Researchers estimate COVID-19 Omicron variant mortality in Denmark
In Denmark, all forms of social restrictions that were implemented to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
Health Experts Warily Eye XBB.1.5, the Latest Omicron Subvariant
Three years into the pandemic, the coronavirus continues to impress virologists with its swift evolution. A young version, known as XBB.1.5, has quickly been spreading in the United States over…
Omicron subvariant XBB jumps to 18% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
Dec 23 (Reuters) – The highly contagious Omicron subvariant XBB jumped 18% in national dominance and more than 50% of COVID-19 cases in the Northeast, coinciding with holiday travel for…
Happy Birthday, Omicron – The New York Times
A single subvariant is not gaining all of the new mutations, however. Ben Murrell, a computational biologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and his colleagues are tracking more than…
Experts weigh in on omicron Covid booster protection against variants
If you’ve received a new omicron-specific Covid booster, you’re the most protected you possibly can be against the virus. But there’s a new batch of so-called “Scrabble” variants circulating globally.…
Pfizer/BioNTech say updated Covid-19 booster generates ‘substantially higher’ protection against Omicron subvariants than original vaccin
CNN — Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that the immune responses against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants were “substantially higher” in people who got its new bivalent booster compared with people who…
In Denmark, Omicron reinfections reveal ineffective post-COVID-19 immunity
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated variant-wise SARS-CoV-2 reinfection cases in Denmark. The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has led to the emergence of multiple variants…
New COVID Boosters: What to know about the bivalent vaccines that offer better protection against omicron
What if someone is fully unvaccinated against COVID-19? Can they get this new booster? No. They are not eligible. Go ahead and start your vaccine series and then when you’re…
Performance of some COVID-19 home testing kits declined during omicron period, study reveals
The performance of some home testing kits for covid-19 appears to have declined as the omicron variant emerged, suggests a study published by The BMJ today. The findings, based on…