U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which ...

U.S. health officials are on high alert and looking for any cases of the new omicron variant. Questions are also being raised if this new variant will overtake delta. Dr. Otto Yang, a leading ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Preliminary data out of South Africa is giving the world insight into how strong omicron really is. The South African Medical Research Council just reported this variant may cause ...

Some parents are pushing back against New York City schools' plans to return to in-person learning Monday, since children under 12 are still ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Meg Oliver spoke with ...

In just the past two weeks, many of us are finding out about so many people who have contracted COVID-19. Dr. David Hamer, an infectious disease attending physician at Boston Medical Center, says ...

Cases spanned both major variant periods, with 6,120 during Delta and 13,799 during Omicron. Even after adjusting for comorbid conditions, vaccination remained associated with a lower risk of ...

WASHINGTON -- Many of the world's richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over and consistently ...

The question hung in the air like a bad odor, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at my dinner table. "Why not just get omicron and get it over with? It's mild ...