As new omicron subvariants spread in the U.S., ... A preprint paper out of Peking University in China posted last month and updated Oct. 4 found that the XBB subvariant evaded both Evusheld and ...

Combined nasal and throat testing swabs would detect more Omicron infections, ... The first paper focuses on 14 people who enrolled in the study before or at the same time that their infections ...

As Omicron mutates wildly the virus shows first ... corresponding author on the paper Yunlong Cao explained the similar mutations across multiple independent variants indicates SARS-CoV-2 ...

In a recent research paper uploaded to the bioRxiv preprint* server, researchers evaluated the virological characteristics of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV ...

First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants. Experimental results are not surprising, given number of mutations in new variant ...

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is much less likely to lead to long Covid than the variant circulating at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research being presented at this year's European ...

They found that Omicron had more affinity for the mouse version. This is not the first paper to suggest that mice played a role in fostering the emergence of Omicron.

In comparison, 6.2% of people exposed to the Omicron variant (the predominant variant in the U.S. by December 2021) experienced long Covid symptoms and sought out medical treatment within several ...