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Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. this spring will avoid a "national wave" of infection related to the more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant.However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner…

A resident receives a Covid-19 swab test during a mobile clinic at Saint Paul MB Church in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.Rory Doyle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe more contagious omicron BA.2 subvariant now makes up 72%…

ZERO CASES NOW MEANS DELAYED CASES LATER? Long before COVID-19, it was known that non-pharmaceutical control measures, whether within a country or at its border, rarely stop a pandemic from spreading. Usually, these things – lockdowns,…

New federal modelling released today suggests there will be an increase in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks because the much more infectious BA.2 subvariant is circulating widely. While the number of cases is expected to rise, Canada's…

President Joe Biden is set to give a speech Wednesday about the fight against Covid-19 in the U.S.The president's remarks come a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a fourth Covid vaccine shot of Pfizer or…

According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the highly contagious Omicron subvariant known as BA.2, which led to a surge of coronavirus cases in Europe, is now the dominant version of the virus in…

A woman takes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site in New York City, January 12, 2022.Brendan McDermid | ReutersThe more contagious omicron subvariant, BA.2, is now the dominant version of Covid-19 in the U.S.,…

Quebec is urging people to be prudent amid rising COVID-19 cases as the province says it is possibly gearing up for a sixth wave of the pandemic driven by the even more transmissible BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Interim public health…

COLUMBIA, South Carolina: What is BA.2, and how is it related to Omicron? It is the latest subvariant of Omicron, the dominant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.  While the origin of BA.2 is still unclear, it has quickly…

People line up for nucleic acid testing at a temporary Covid-19 testing site on March 22, 2022 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — As mainland China battles its worst Covid-19 outbreak…