COVID cases are once again rising in the U.S., and experts say two Omicron variants new to the country are to blame. On Monday the seven-day average of reported U.S. COVID cases sat just below 109,000 ...

Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent ...

The fast-spreading BA.5 subvariant of Omicron and its close relative BA.4 now make up around 95% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to estimates published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease ...

Commuters, caught in a reflection, make their way up an escalator after arriving at the North Hollywood Metro station in North Hollywood on Thursday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The growing ...

Here, we draw attention to a variant, BA.4.6, which is the latest variant spreading in the United States. We note in this summary that BA.4.6 contains five amino acid changes distinct from the ...

The evasive BA.5 omicron variant is driving up Covid cases and hospitalizations as it spreads rapidly across the United States—but despite deaths remaining lower compared to earlier waves, experts ...

Two omicron subvariants are on the rise across the region, and new evidence about the highly contagious COVID strains means they could spark “a new wave this summer,” according to a local infectious ...

Lately, there’s been good news about COVID-19 in Georgia: The number of people hospitalized for COVID reached its lowest point in eight months on Friday, and new coronavirus infections are also at the ...

A new omicron subvariant of COVID-19, BA.2, is quickly becoming predominant source of cases in US. Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is considered to be more transmissible but not more virulant than BA.1. New ...

Scientists say the new Omicron coronavirus subtype BA.2 may extend the current wave of infections. Before BA.2 emerged, scientists were predicting a short, sharp Omicron wave. The BA.2 subtype appears ...

WAITING FOR THE NEXT WAVE — The wave of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 is crashing into countries around the world, leading to renewed masking and high hospital case counts in some regions. Many ...