NEW YORK -- This holiday season held promise for Americans, many of whom spent Christmas 2020 in quarantine or away from loved ones due to a nasty winter COVID-19 surge. Yet in the last week or so, ...
The BA.2.75 sublineage of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may escape neutralizing antibodies. The BA.2.75 sublineage (primarily the BA.2 ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers from Sweden conducted a cohort study to evaluate the protection granted by previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The state is now helping track a new COVID strain in Fresno County. The Omicron variant hasn't yet been identified in local cases but health officials will now have a much ...
Many vaccinated kids experienced breakthrough infections during the omicron surge, though protection against hospitalization remained stronger, a large new government-funded study found.The study ...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against Omicron infections than other variants. A study suggests that the additional protection offered by the initial booster shot may be reduced among ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in Canada assessed the effectiveness of protection elicited by the fourth dose of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA ...