The BA.2 variant is beginning to grow in parts of the U.S. and is believed to be behind a number of COVID increases in multiple countries, so what exactly is it and what does the change mean as ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While the state of emergency related to the coronavirus is over for Kentucky, COVID-19 is still out there. In fact, Governor Beshear said there's a new version Thursday. The omicron ...

A hybrid variant of the coronavirus that has characteristics of both the delta and omicron strains has been detected in the United States and several European countries, scientists say. The ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was declared early in 2020, following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December of the previous ...

News about BA.2 omicron subvariant continues to grow as the variant begins to dominate COVID cases in parts of the U.S. Chicago's top doctor said BA.2 will likely make up a majority of the city's ...

A new version of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is quickly gaining ground in the U.S. (Getty Images) Yahoo News explains. See the latest. A new version of the Omicron variant of the ...

Whether you’re paying attention to the latest phase of the pandemic or not, the coronavirus is still evolving, and the subvariants are starting to add up. There are now at least four Omicron ...

The Omicron booster will protect against BA.5 and BA.4 as well as the original coronavirus strain. (Getty Images) COVID-19 booster shots that target the highly contagious Omicron variant — which ...

Manal Mohammed is a senior lecturer of medical microbiology at the University of Westminster. Since the COVID variant Omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants.

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