NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Health officials in Connecticut are keeping a close eye on the BA.2 subvariant of omicron, also known as stealth omicron. Dr. Manisha Juthani, Connecticut’s public health ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As omicron's sub-variant BA.2 continues to spread, the CDC confirms this strain is now responsible for 86% of coronavirus cases nationwide. Locally, researchers are also seeing ...

Another omicron subvariant is gaining traction in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. The subvariant, called BA.2.12.1, is an offshoot of the BA.2 ...

A new subvariant of the Omicron COVID-19 variant is starting to spread in the United States and the East and West coasts of the country are seeing more cases of it than are being seen in the middle of ...

Of additional concern, BA.2.75 may differ antigenically from BA.2. The receptor-binding domain of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies and is the major ...

Concern over the highly evolved omicron subvariant BA.2.86 is easing as the first batch of preliminary studies on the virus suggests it may not be as immune evasive or dangerous as its numerous ...

Several public health organizations are monitoring a new COVID-19 variant. The latest variant, BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, has several mutations to its spike protein. There have only been 71 cases ...

Multiple sublineages of the omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have dominated the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic since December 2021. BA.5 is currently ...

As the latest coronavirus wave fueled by the super-infectious Omicron subvariant BA.5 continues to recede, health officials are turning a wary eye to what might come next. Experts in California are ...