Omicron appears to be less efficient at entering lung cells. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 ...

During a period when the Omicron coronavirus variant was dominant, severe outcomes for patients hospitalized with Covid-19 – including ICU admission, ventilator use and death – were less common than ...

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the capacity of vaccine-induced antibodies to generate Fc-effector activity against the severe acute respiratory ...

Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, several variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have emerged. The most recent B.1.1.529 ...

With the Omicron subtype BA.5 rapidly becoming dominant in the United States a small body of research has begun to reveal the unique properties of this novel SARS-CoV-2 variant. Two recent preprints ...

Researchers at multiple universities, including the University of Iowa, discovered that the omicron variant causes weakened disease in mice and hamsters, unlike previous strains. The animals suffered ...

A new spinoff of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is getting attention from scientists as it becomes the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in some parts of the world. Experts say there’s no ...