In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers investigated the infectivity, fusogenicity, and immune evasive potential of two novel Omicron subvariants – BA.2.86 and FLip. They used ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSTM) — With omicron cases of COVID-19 displaying more mild symptoms than previous strains of the coronavirus, experts say it's easy for people to think they have a common cold. The ...

Official COVID-19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet takes hold. The ...

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Griffith University Master of Infection Prevention and Control program. You’ve tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact ...

Another vaccine trial is underway— this time for an omicron-specific vaccine dose. “The virus can evolve very rapidly and I think the RNA approach is probably the only vaccine approach that can adapt ...

Speed is everything in the race against COVID-19’s Omicron variant, the fastest version of the virus we’ve seen to date. Its dizzying rise to dominance in the United States threatens to overwhelm our ...