There are calls by some health experts to have a subvariant of the highly-transmissible Omicron to be given its own designation as a Greek-lettered variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Responsible for a resurgence in cases in Denmark, the BA.2 subvariant is more transmissible than its already fast-spreading predecessor, while apparentlyread more
COVID-19 has officially killed over 900,000 people in the United States as of February 4, a grim milestone reached a mere 51 days after surpassing 800,000 deaths on December 15 of last year. This is the highest recorded death toll of any country in the world, a global total that nowread more
Health authorities around the world are finally getting a clearer picture of the nature of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and there’s both good news and bad news: the good news is that this form of the virus is less likely to cause a case of the illnessread more
The first major study of the effects of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been released by South Africa’s largest private health insurer, showing that while the variant seems to be causing milder symptoms in the country’s young people, vaccinations appear to be less effective against the new strain, a strain thatread more