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Omicron Variant

Here's where new COVID JN.1 variant is spreading in US

  • Dec 22, 2023
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Everything you need to know about the new dominant COVID variant

  • Aug 9, 2023
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WHO: XBB.1.5 is most transmissible omicron subvariant yet

  • Jan 9, 2023
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COVID subvariants: What to know and should you be concerned?

  • Oct 19, 2022

Northwell Health now administering new COVID booster

  • Sep 16, 2022

New app tests for COVID using your voice

  • Sep 7, 2022

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest omicron strain

  • Sep 1, 2022

'To Kill a Mockingbird,' paused amid omicron surge, won't reopen

  • Jul 30, 2022

Latest Videos

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COVID subvariants: What to know and should you be concerned?

  • Oct 20, 2022
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Northwell Health now administering new COVID booster

  • Sep 16, 2022
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'To Kill a Mockingbird,' paused amid omicron surge, won't reopen

  • Jul 30, 2022
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Up Close: How to protect against infection with new COVID variants

  • Jul 17, 2022
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Wastewater sites seeing 100+% increase in presence of COVID-19

  • Mar 29, 2022
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COVID long hauler lives in constant fear as NYC restrictions lift

  • Mar 23, 2022
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China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

  • Mar 19, 2022
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Natalie Quillian breaks down latest COVID data

  • Mar 15, 2022

Latest Stories

'COVID is not done with us': Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant so contagious?

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to experts.

  • Jul 13, 2022
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Undercounted COVID cases leave US with a blind spot as omicron subvariant BA.5 becomes dominant

The omicron offshoot BA.5 carries key mutations that help it escape antibodies generated by vaccines and prior infection.

  • Jul 11, 2022
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Americans keep getting reinfected with COVID-19 as new variants emerge, data shows

More than 1.6 million cases of reinfection have been reported across 24 states since data collection began, according to an ABC analysis.

  • Jun 9, 2022

Pfizer says its 3-shot COVID vaccine for kids 6 months to 5 years old 80% effective against omicron

Pfizer released long-awaited data for their vaccine for children 6 months to under 5 years old on Monday morning.

  • May 23, 2022

Here's why some people still get COVID even after being vaccinated and double-boosted

"This (BA.2.12.1) is now the most transmissible subvariant we have of all," said Dr. Monica Gandhi of UCSF. "It now looks like it's 30% more transmissible than BA.2 alone."

  • May 10, 2022