[ad_1] The first real-world study of how vaccines hold up against the Omicron variant has shown a significant decrease in protection against symptomatic cases caused by the new, fast-spreading formRead More
Tag: Omicron
Pfizer vaccine takes ‘huge’ hit from omicron, but boosters
[ad_1] The new variant looks better than other versions of the virus encountered while escaping vaccine protection. “The Omicron is a much more powerful escape variant,” Şahin says. The goodRead More
New Covid Pills Show Hope at Omicron Counters
[ad_1] This strategy was a long shot, but a success would have led to an antiviral pill faster than trying to make an entirely new drug. What followed was aRead More
Omicron Variant Spreads Twice Faster in South Africa than Delta
[ad_1] Underscoring growing concerns about Omicron, scientists in South Africa said Friday that the newest coronavirus variant is spreading twice as fast as Delta, which is considered the most contagiousRead More
Why won’t comprehensive travel bans work to stop omicron?
[ad_1] Raghib Ali, an epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge in England, says travel bans don’t actually solve the problem, they just delay it. Better testing is a much moreRead More
Why Didn’t the US Detect Omicron Cases Earlier?
[ad_1] Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced Discovery of the Omicron variant, Europe reported its first case: The novel coronavirus variant was in Belgium. BeforeRead More
Why Didn’t the US Find More Omicron Cases?
[ad_1] Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced Discovery of the Omicron variant, Europe reported its first case: The novel coronavirus variant was in Belgium. BeforeRead More
Israel halts controversial technology to track omicron variant
[ad_1] JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel said on Thursday it is stopping the use of a controversial phone tracking technology to track possible cases of the novel coronavirus variant. Earlier thisRead More
Omicron Calls for Rapid Reconsideration of Boosters Among Scientists
[ad_1] As recently as last week, many public health experts vehemently opposed the Biden administration’s campaign to offer booster vaccines for coronavirus vaccines to all American adults. There’s little scientificRead More
How bad is the Omicron variant?
[ad_1] Experiment: Transmission is difficult to test in the lab, so this is a real-world experiment. Researchers will use sequencing tests to track how many of the actual cases ofRead More