People who got either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series and then a booster achieved “potent” neutralization against omicron, a paper published Thursday in the ...

Under experimental conditions, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus survives at least twice as long on surfaces like plastic, paper and skin than the original strain that emerged from Wuhan ...

The paper concludes that Omicron is most closely related to the Gamma variant of SARS-CoV-2. Biggest SARS-CoV-2 ‘evolutionary leap’ yet. Spyros Lytras, ...

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 ...

He published a paper in The New England Journal of Medicine in February that argued the milder symptoms seen in omicron infections is likely due to more existing immunity, rather than the virus ...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the coronavirus omicron variant may be less likely than other variants to cause smell loss, a common Covid-19 symptom with potentially serious implications for ...

The Omicron coronavirus variant was likely the fastest-spreading virus in human history. One person with the measles virus—a standout among infectious microbes—might infect 15 others within 12 ...

During an earnings call last fall, International Paper (IP) CEO Mark Sutton discussed the challenges the supply chain and labor shortage were posing for his company. “It’s easy to live in this ...

When Brooklyn Paper visited Kings County Hospital on Tuesday, the line was non-existent; people could walk right in, and this reporter was in-and-out in minutes. ... The omicron variant required our ...

The city began distributing at-home COVID tests en masse on Thursday, and as expected, everyone in Brooklyn wants to get their hands on one. Nearly a week after announcing the city would distribute ...

Under experimental conditions, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus survives at least twice as long on surfaces like plastic, paper and skin than the original strain that emerged from Wuhan ...