covid 19 omicron

Dr. Laura Hawryluck says she felt something more was coming. In November 2021, the Toronto-based critical care doctor had just experienced the toll COVID-19’s Delta variant could have on the human body. However, something told her…

Since its emergence in 2020, COVID-19 has produced multiple mutations as it spread across the world. Many of those variants did not become dominant, but few did including Alpha, Delta and Omicron. Those mutations caught the attention…

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Wednesday that an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron variant also generated a strong immune response against the fast-spreading Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, which…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible variant of concern now dominant around the world. Since January, more than 300 cases of the BA.4 and BA.5…

A third dose of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine produced significant protection against the Omicron variant in healthy children aged between five and 11 years in a trial, the companies said on Thursday. Blood serum…

Businesses across Canada are struggling to cope with an apparent sixth wave of COVID-19, as staffing shortages hamper sectors from health care to hospitality and retail — though the interruption remains more manageable than last…

China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the start of the…

SYDNEY: Australia recorded another surge of COVID-19 deaths on Monday (Jan 24) as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays…

The highly transmissible Omicron variant is forcing mathematicians to rework the models that have helped shaped Canada’s understanding of COVID-19, as well as the country’s response to the pandemic. Everything from who gets…

LONDON: Britain on Monday (Jan 10) put the biggest private health companies on high alert to deliver crucial treatments such as cancer surgery should Omicron overwhelm National Health Service hospitals in England. The United Kingdom's…