The fall-winter COVID-19 vaccine designed to counter XBB, a subvariant of the Omicron strain, is now available nationwide for people of all ages, free of charge.

As the summer surge of COVID-19 crests, many people are weighing whether they need to get booster shots now to protect against the disease (SN: 7/19/24). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ...

As more people begin testing positive for COVID once again, how long might symptoms last? Or if you have no symptoms, how long should you isolate? The timeline for COVID is dependent on a number of ...

With the rise of omicron came the fall of long-lasting protection from reinfection with the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study published in Nature. Using population-wide data from ...

Ontario reported a new high of 3,448 patients in hospital with COVID-19 on Wednesday, a jump of over a thousand from the same day last week when there were 2,081 people hospitalized with the virus. Of ...

Amid a rise in COVID cases and the start of fall allergies, flu and RSV season, experts say testing is an important tool heading into the cooler month. With more people testing positive for COVID once ...

A COVID-19 outbreak in a residential building in Spain during the early months of the pandemic likely spread through shared ...

While the latest variant, called Cicada, carries more mutations, it’s still part of the Omicron family that emerged in 2021.

The antiviral drug ensitrelvir prevents infection in household contacts of COVID-19 patients when given within 72 hours after ...

Read Omicron virus latest news & updates on The Economic Times. Get latest info on Omicron Variant symptoms, Omicron Variant ...