The Delta variant, also referred to as a "double mutant" because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible ...

New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine suggests that the children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 omicron variant have less risk of severe health ...

The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have both designated beta as a “variant of ...

We're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus. It has been named Omicron by the World Health Organization, following the pattern of Greek code-names like the ...

There was no increased risk of new-onset diabetes post-COVID in a highly vaccinated Asian cohort. Diabetes risk wasn't significantly higher when Delta or Omicron variants were predominant. Boosted ...

About The Study: This cohort study observed no significantly elevated long-term risk of autoimmune sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron BA.1 or BA.2 variant infection, except for a modestly ...

Prior COVID-19 vaccination did not stop the immune system from mounting a protective response to the Delta and Omicron strains, though new mutation-specific antibody production dipped slightly, ...

The world is being hit by a tsunami of Omicron. Scientists, politicians and indeed all of us are grappling with what it means for our lives. Restrictions are tightening in parts of the UK and other ...