Authors: Mrinalika Roy Reuters The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up nearly 5% and 8% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of June 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. The two sublineages, which were added to the World Health Organization’s […]
Authors: David Schutz, Cindy Krischer Goodman June 4, 2022 Sun Sentinel Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through the state, leading more people to get infected with COVID. The more transmissible BA.2.12.1 omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. last week, yet it already is being pushed out nationally by newcomers BA.4 and BA.5, […]
BAuthors: ALEXANDER TIN JUNE 2, 2022 As COVID-19 cases began to accelerate again this spring, federal data suggests the rate of breakthrough COVID infections in April was worse in boosted Americans compared to unboosted Americans — though rates of deaths and hospitalizations remained the lowest among the boosted. The new data do not mean booster shots are somehow increasing the risk. Ongoing […]
Authors: Advisory Board June 1, 2022 After contracting Covid-19, some people may continue to test positive on rapid tests for 10 days or longer—and experts are split about whether these individuals should continue to isolate past 10 days or just employ safety precautions until they test negative. How long can people test positive with omicron? […]
Authors: BENJAMIN MUELLER and Eleanor LutzThe New York Times May 31, 2022 Despite strong levels of vaccination among older people, COVID killed them at vastly higher rates during this winter’s omicron wave than it did last year, preying on long delays since their last shots and the variant’s ability to skirt immune defenses. This winter’s wave of […]
While the Delta virus wiped out the variants that preceded it, Omicron has not eliminated Delta, according to a new study from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Authors: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: MAY 2, 2022 Don’t throw away your unused face masks yet. COVID-19’s Omicron variants may burn themselves out in the next couple of months, and the Delta […]
Authors: Tom Tapp March 31, 2022 4:46pm Deadline Breaking News Alerts The CDC announced this week that the BA.2 Omicron variant, which is reportedly 30% more transmissible than the original BA.1 Omicron strain — has become dominant among new cases sequenced in the United States. That’s a startling rise for a variant that was less than 1% of all sequences as recently […]
Authors: Farid Rahimia and Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadib,∗ Int J Surg. 2022 Mar; 99: 106261.Published online 2022 Feb12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106261 PMCID: PMC8837492PMID: 35167986 In November 2021, many patients presented with the atypical pneumonia due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in South Africa [1]. Subsequently, the WHO Technical Advisory Group called Omicron the variant B.1.1.529 which caused the rise […]
Authors: Marianne Guenot December 1, 2021 Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists Omicron was named a “variant of concern” in part because of its peculiar set of mutations. It is not yet clear whether this variant spreads faster or causes more severe infections. It’s not yet […]
Authors: Joseph Adinolfi Jr. Two new studies – one from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and one from the University of Cape Town in South Africa – have just reminded humanity that our antibodies aren’t the last line of defense against COVID, and its newest variant, omicron. Both have confirmed that T-cells, what Bloomberg describes as the […]
