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The rapid rise of a new subvariant of COVID-19 is pushing other strains of the virus to the margins in New England. The variant named XBB has been tracked in New England for months, but data from the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There are rising concerns about the new omicron variant, as cases have now been confirmed in more than half the U.S. Early anecdotal reports seem to indicate those infected are ...

The omicron variant accounted for an estimated 58.6 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for the week ending Dec. 25, down from previous estimates, according to new data released Dec. 28 by the CDC. ...

Three large new studies from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the importance of getting a booster shot to provide the best protection against the omicron coronavirus ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that data has shown that the spread of the omicron variant is what fuels a spike in hospitalizations in young children 4-years-old and ...

Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 can transfer their immunity to their unborn children and perhaps enhance the ability of infants 6 months and younger to ward off infection, according to new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday revised downward its estimate of how much the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is circulating across the U.S., though it continues to spread at a ...

Despite a rather unpleasant bout with COVID-19 this past January, Jennifer McDonnell was relieved to think that she, and her family, could finally return to normal life, with a potentially strong ...

New variant modeling from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates emerging Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 now account for more than 10 percent of all infections in the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended retooled Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for kids as young as five to protect against the contagious omicron ...

A new Omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the US just in time to ring in 2023, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The strain, known XBB.1.5, accounts for about ...