NEW YORK -- This holiday season held promise for Americans, many of whom spent Christmas 2020 in quarantine or away from loved ones due to a nasty winter COVID-19 surge. Yet in the last week or so, ...

The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is. But scientists don't yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces ...

After two years of the COVID pandemic, the U.S. is in the midst of what could be the worst surge yet in terms of cases. But there is still hope deaths will be lower with this surge than previous ones.

The dizzying speed of omicron’s spread has left Americans questioning much of what they know about COVID-19, especially following holiday travel. “This is hitting us at a very inopportune time,” said ...

WASHINGTON -- While the new omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has not yet been detected in the United States, it will "inevitably" arrive, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. "We all know when you have ...

South Africa, the United Kingdom and Denmark are three of the countries where the Omicron variant is now surging, less than a month after it was first detected. South Africa, the United Kingdom and ...

The U.S. is putting travel restrictions in place in response to a new variant of the coronavirus circulating in southern Africa. The restrictions, which are set to take effect on Monday, are being ...

The omicron variant is offering more hints about what it may have in store as it spreads around the globe: A highly transmissible virus that may cause less severe disease, and one that can be slowed — ...

There’s a new variant of the coronavirus that infectious disease experts and public health officials are keeping a close eye on. XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, is an Omicron subvariant that appears ...

The variant was first discovered in South Africa and had also since been detected in Belgium, Botswana, Israel and Hong Kong. [Courtesy] To many, if not all, the emergence of the newly identified ...

The symptoms of COVID-19 mimic those of the flu, adding to parents' confusion. Amid the omicron surge and the return to school, daycare and work after the winter holidays, it can be an anxious time ...