Speed is everything in the race against COVID-19’s Omicron variant, the fastest version of the virus we’ve seen to date. Its dizzying rise to dominance in the United States threatens to overwhelm our ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers investigated the infectivity, fusogenicity, and immune evasive potential of two novel Omicron subvariants – BA.2.86 and FLip. They used ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers performed deep mutational scanning (DMS) for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of ...

Researchers from Osaka University compare the sensitivity of RATs and PCR tests for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 Osaka, Japan - Testing plays a crucial role in humanity’s strategy to mitigate the ...

The BA.2.75 sublineage of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may escape neutralizing antibodies. The BA.2.75 sublineage (primarily the BA.2 ...

What happens if you continue testing positive well after your isolation period has ended? Questions continue over COVID isolation and quarantine guidelines as the BA.5 variant leads to some confusion.

You’ve tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact of a positive family member and have symptoms. So you might be wondering if you’re really COVID-negative or ...

The protection conferred by natural immunity, vaccination, and both against symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with the BA.1 or BA.2 sublineages of the ...