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Cleveland Clinic lab finds omicron in recent samples

The COVID-19 omicron variant has been detected through genomic sequencing in Cleveland Clinic’s lab, according to a Dec. 13 Ideastream Public Media report. A small percentage of the Cleveland Clinic ...
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Do vaccines work against omicron? Lab studies are coming, but won't tell whole story.

In a lab at New York University, Ned Landau is growing an engineered version of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. Landau, a virologist, is going to use this “pseudovirus” — which can’t ...
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As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity

The BA.2 virus -- a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of ...
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Pfizer vaccine may be less effective against omicron, early lab data indicate

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appears to be less effective against the heavily mutated omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to early data from South Africa posted Tuesday. Researchers ...