Omicrons

It feels like everyone knows someone who has Omicron. Maybe you got it, or your friend did. Perhaps your workplace is in an outbreak. Or you saw on the news that yet another celebrity or athlete or politician tested positive. There's this…

The pace of daily new infections of the coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past week, surpassing two million known cases a day, underscoring just how quickly the Omicron variant has spread around the world. On April 25 last year, the…

In November, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggested that people may want to look at upgrading their masks to protect themselves and help prevent the transmission of COVID-19.  "In general, while non-medical masks can help…

<!-- -->Omicron In Children: The rates of severe illness remain much lower in absolute terms. (Representational)Washington: New pediatric Covid hospitalizations have hit a record-high in the United States, as children are increasingly…

The 146th edition of the Westminster Dog Show, a midwinter tradition in New York City for more than a century, has been postponed amid fears about Omicron’s spread.“The health and safety of all participants in the Westminster Kennel Club…

Alexandra Floyd said her friends and co-workers were generally understanding when she called and texted them to say she had tested positive for COVID-19 — but still, she worried about being judged. "I think there's definitely that stigma…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at WHO Headquarters in Geneva that it was also more likely that people who have been vaccinated, or recovered from the virus, could be infected, or reinfected. Omicron is a variant of the virus…

Issued on: 16/12/2021 - 06:00 The lightning spread of Omicron in Europe and elsewhere has added a sense of urgency to an EU summit Thursday, with leaders struggling to present a…

The Omicron COVID-19 variant could ramp up its spread through Canadian communities in the coming days, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam warned on Monday. The new variant of COVID-19 is also already spreading through…

The first real-world study of how vaccines hold up against the Omicron variant showed a significant drop in protection against symptomatic cases caused by the new and fast-spreading form of the coronavirus.Government scientists on Friday…