BALTIMORE, Md — With spring in bloom and more people heading outdoors, the past COVID-19 winter may seem like a distant memory. Yet, the omicron variant isn’t fading away. “There were three different ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- There's a new "subvariant" of the omicron variant that's been spreading across Europe and the U.S. Preliminary data shows it's more contagious than omicron. Scientist have named it BA ...

The omicron BA.2.86 lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, is known to have emerged suddenly with approximately 30 genetic mutations in the spike protein, similar to ...

A new strain of the Omicron variant — dubbed a “stealth” sub-variant because it’s harder to detect and may be more transmissible — has been identified in Quebec. Five cases of the BA.2 Omicron ...

The omicron subvariant BA.2 appears to have the same severity as the original omicron strain, a World Health Organization official said Feb. 2. The subvariant appears to be “overtaking BA.1 but does ...

The more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant version of Covid-19 in the U.S., according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. Stream Los ...

Strain found in 29 states and Puerto Rico carries spike mutations, but no data shows increased severity ...