U.S. FDA says Evusheld may not protect against Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it does not expect AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail Evusheld to provide protection against the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. The subvariant has been…
Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to…
Pfizer starts mid-stage trial for vaccine against Omicron subvariant
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Wednesday they had started a mid-stage study of a modified COVID-19 vaccine which targets both the original as well as…
Experimental chewing gum reduces Omicron in saliva; sexual dysfunction, hair loss among long COVID symptoms
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to…
Omicron BA.5 makes up 82% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) – The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Centers for…
Australia battles fresh Omicron outbreak as COVID deaths rise
SYDNEY – Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle to get ahead of highly…
Omicron BA.5 makes up nearly 78% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) – The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 77.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 16, the U.S. Centers for…
Australia reinstates COVID quarantine pay amid fresh Omicron wave
By Renju Jose SYDNEY – Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of…
EU drugs regulator open to COVID boosters that target older Omicron offshoots
By Natalie Grover and Ludwig Burger LONDON -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is open to using next generation COVID-19 vaccines that target older offshoots of the Omicron variant this fall, an official…
Australia expands fourth COVID dose rollout amid fresh Omicron threat
By Renju Jose SYDNEY -Australia said on Thursday it would expand the rollout of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines from next week as it battles a steady rise in hospital admissions…
Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 make up 70% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) – The fast-spreading BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages of Omicron are estimated to make up a combined 70.1% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of July 2, the U.S.…
U.S. FDA advisers recommend inclusion of Omicron component for COVID boosters
(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday overwhelmingly recommended the inclusion of an Omicron component for COVID-19 booster vaccines in the fall. The panel of advisers voted…
Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 make up more than 50% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) – The fast-spreading BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up a combined 52% of the coronavirus cases in the United States as of June 25, the U.S.…
Analysis-The next COVID booster shots will likely be updated for Omicron
By Michael Erman NEW YORK – COVID-19 vaccines this fall are likely to be based on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rather than the original strain, although some experts suggest they…
Some Omicron sub-variants escaping antibodies from Sinopharm shot -Chinese study
BEIJING – A small Chinese study detailed in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal showed neutralising antibodies against some Omicron sub-variants were largely undetectable after two doses of a Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, with…
Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 account for up to 13% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) – The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up nearly 5% and 8% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of June 4, the U.S.…
Omicron breakthrough infections may spare young hearts; no need to delay mammogram after vaccination
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to…
Unvaccinated children hospitalized at twice the rate during Omicron surge -U.S. study
By Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) – Hospitalization rates for unvaccinated children ages 5 to 11 were twice as high as among those who were vaccinated during the record COVID-19 surge caused by the…
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 million as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
By Kavya B and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges in many…
WHO says it is analysing two new Omicron COVID sub-variants
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Monday it is tracking a few dozen cases of two new sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus…
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 accounts for about 55% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) -The U.S. national public health agency said on Tuesday that BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to account for more than half the coronavirus variants in the country. A resurgence of…
White House to reopen to public tours as Omicron fades
WASHINGTON – The White House will reopen to the public next month after being shuttered two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Tuesday, with the U.S. Capitol reportedly also weighing…
White House: Omicron BA.2 COVID variant has circulated in U.S. for some time
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday that the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 had been circulating in the United States for some time, with roughly 35,000 cases at the moment,…
Euro zone business growth accelerated in Feb as Omicron faded -PMI
LONDON – Business activity across the euro zone accelerated sharply last month as demand soared, particularly in the bloc’s dominant services industry, according to a survey mostly conducted before Russia invaded Ukraine.…
Canadian factory activity climbs to 3-month high as Omicron curbs ease
TORONTO – Canadian manufacturing activity expanded in February at the fastest pace in three months as an easing of domestic restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic supported a pick-up in production, data…
Japan’s Q1 growth forecast slashed on Omicron hit to consumption: Reuters poll
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan’s economic growth will likely grind to a near halt this quarter as coronavirus curbs and supply disruptions threaten to derail the country’s economic recovery, a Reuters…
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