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.

The vaccines lowered risk of death, ICU care, hospitalization and ER visits during the XBB and JN.1 Omicron variant waves However, vaccine effectiveness waned over time THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 ...

COVID-19 symptoms have reactivated in nearly nine million people who are suffering from the virus in its long term form. Ketut Subiyanto Pexels A new COVID variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall.

The dizzying speed of omicron’s spread has left Americans questioning much of what they know about COVID-19, especially following holiday travel. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

COVID-19 cases were relatively low across the country for most of the summer, but they’re now creeping up again. Data shows that this is thanks to the new COVID-19 variant XFG, nicknamed Stratus, ...

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...

A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presented an antigenic map of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants constructed ...

The University of Waterloo's wastewater monitoring shows an Omicron subvariant has been detected in Waterloo region. The BA.2 subvariant appears to be even more transmissible than the original Omicron ...

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

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