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The agency made some changes to its recommendations in response to the latest data on COVID-19 cases.
Amid the latest surge of COVID-19 cases, health care workers yet again are having to make difficult triage decisions in caring for patients.
With the omicron variant, it’s hard to tell if one has COVID-19, the common cold, or flu.
A doctor has revealed that omicron patients tend to experience excessive night sweats.
The health and financial burden of the disease has been felt disproportionately by people living in deprived areas.
The omicron variant is the most contagious strain of COVID-19 yet, but experts are not worried because there are treatments capable of countering it.
People who contract a breakthrough infection after getting vaccinated could acquire a “super immunity” against SARS-CoV-2.
A new study is shedding light on how the new variant of concern thrives in the body.
Early reports suggest omicron causes less severe disease than other variants but it still poses a risk to the most vulnerable, with patients starting to arrive in hospitals.
The two-dose formulations of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were found to be not that effective in fighting off the newly emerged variant.
The key to rapid antigen testing is to test early in the course of COVID-19 infection, ideally several times 24 hours apart.
Scientists around the world have been racing to learn more about the new omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2, first declared a “variant of concern” on Nov. 26, 2021 by the World Health Organization.