The Omicron variant is driving up COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Federal protocols for businesses with more than 100 employees began Monday, but the Supreme Court is examining some provisions. CBS News' Naomi Ruchim reports and Dr. Mark Kline, chief physician at New Orleans Children'...
"In South Africa, the omicron wave lasted on the order of weeks. I would imagine that this will be something that lasts similarly long, perhaps a bit longer in the U.S.," said Jake Lemieux, an infectious diseases specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor in medicine at Harvard...
When Raddatz asked how the U.S. can help to get even more shots into arms around the world and whether the omicron variant would have even appeared if more people in South Africa were vaccinated, Walensky touted U.S. donation efforts. MORE: To stop omicron and other variants, US must ...
Last week, 54.9% of cases were caused by the strain nationwide. BA.2's prevalence remains highest in the Northeast, where the agency estimates that the variant made up close to three in four new infections in the region spanning New Jersey through Maine. Federal health officials say the fast...
New XBB.1.5 subvariant becoming dominant in U.S. XBB.1.5 -- it's the new subvariant of COVID-19 that is quickly becoming the dominant strain in the U.S. A new Omicron variant known as XBB.1.5 is reportedly spreading quickly nationwide as doctors say COVID-19 continues to evolve. ...
The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease.
Biden on new COVID-19 rules as omicron variant reaches US President Joe Bidden addressed the arrival of the omicron variant in the United States and what that means for safety protocols. New York announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus Saturday, bringing ...
“The uncertainty that we have about what the next variant will be remains a significant cause of concern for us because we need to plan for many different types of scenarios,” Van Kerkhove said at a press conference last week.
the ba.5 subvariant of omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the united states for the week ended july 23, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) said on tuesday. this was higher than the 75.9% prevalence estimated...
the original criteria of this question, if the date when Omicron becomes the dominant variant is estimated to be on a day between Monday to Saturday (in the US), this question will resolve on the Sunday preceeding it. Resolution may be delayed to verify the claims of Omicron's prevalence....