In January 2022, Omicron was running rampant among COVID-19 cases. This year, keeping the variant at bay is an ever-changing battle. Subscribe at: https://goo.gl/vai8Eu Find ABC10 online: https://www.abc10.com/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.abc10.com/email Stream ABC10 on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/63398/abc10 Stream…
Most of the world appears to have moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic. The W.H.O. believes 90 percent of the global population now has some form of immunity, either from infections or vaccines. Its Director General says the ’emergency phase’…
The BA.5 omicron variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., and it is leading to a new wave of COVID-19 infections. BA.5 was responsible for nearly 54% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and BA.4, a similar variant,…
The COVID-19 XE variant, comprised of the omicron and BA.2 sub variants, has not yet been identified in the U.S., but was detected in the U.K. in mid-January.
Antibodies from the Pfizer vaccine may be up to 40 times less effective against Omicron than against the original COVID strain. The first lab tests on the new variant in South Africa showed that while the strain was able to…
As the second anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, along with the specter of outbreaks during the winter season, the world continues to grapple with uncertainties of the pandemic. Join UC San Diego experts who will describe…
