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 White House said on Tuesday it will ensure Americans continue to have easy access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and testing to contain the fast-spreading Omicron BA.5 subvariant that now makes ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers investigated the infectivity, fusogenicity, and immune evasive potential of two novel Omicron subvariants – BA.2.86 and FLip. They used ...

Another vaccine trial is underway— this time for an omicron-specific vaccine dose. “The virus can evolve very rapidly and I think the RNA approach is probably the only vaccine approach that can adapt ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to experts. Even though cities and states are loosening mask requirements and allowing their emergency declarations to expire, the ...