The BA.2 virus -- a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of ...

Labs at Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine are gearing up to test the COVID-19 omicron variant against current vaccines and natural immunity to other strains, according to a Nov. 29 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A laboratory in Raleigh is at the forefront in detecting changes to the COVID-19 virus in the United States. Mako Medical is located off Durant Road near US 1, and it processes ...

The COVID-19 omicron variant has been detected through genomic sequencing in Cleveland Clinic’s lab, according to a Dec. 13 Ideastream Public Media report. A small percentage of the Cleveland Clinic ...

Although no infections by the coronavirus' omicron variant have been confirmed in North Carolina, it's been found in a growing number of states. Although no infections by the coronavirus' omicron ...

When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variants. It has now continued to evolve and pick up new mutations. The World Health ...

The state’s public health lab is trying to learn if the COVID-19 Omicron variant is in the state already. The state’s public health lab is trying to learn if the COVID-19 Omicron variant is in the ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German researchers have found that COVID-19 therapies developed by Eli Lilly and Regeneron lose most of their effectiveness when exposed in laboratory tests to the Omicron ...

New lab experiments from Japan show that BA.2 may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of Covid-19, including Delta. And like Omicron, it appears to ...