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Who Gets an Extra Omicron Booster?
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Omicron Much Less Likely to Cause Long COVID, Study Finds
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Long COVID 20-50% less likely after omicron than delta in vaccinated people
Good and bad — It may seem reassuring, but it still means a whole lot of people with long-term symptoms. Beth Mole - Jun 17, 2022 6:43 pm UTC Enlarge / A long COVID patient sits with her daughter in her wheelchair while receiving a saline infusion at her Maryland home on Friday, May 27,…
Omicron Can Cause This Viral Respiratory Infection in Young Kids, According to a New Study
A new study by Boston Children’s Hospital has found that the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been associated with a spike in severe croup, a viral respiratory infection. Between early January 2020 to mid-January 2022, a total of 75 children between one and three years old at a large freestanding children’s hospital in Boston were diagnosed with COVID-19-associated croup.…
In U.K.’s Omicron Wave, Many People Are Dying With Covid-19, Not From It
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of people dying in the U.K. with a recent positive Covid-19 test is significantly overstating the true death toll from the virus, according to new data. In recent weeks, a commonly watched measure of Covid-19 mortality—deaths within 28 days of a positive test—has…
Omicron : quand on l’a eu, peut-on encore l’attraper ?
On espérait en finir avec la pandémie et le variant Omicron. Alors que la moitié des Européens devraient avoir été contaminés d'ici la mi-mars, une mauvaise nouvelle vient de tomber. Il est possible d'être infecté plusieurs fois par le variant Omicron. Explications.Le variant Omicron du SARS-CoV-2, identifié en Afrique du Sud pour la première fois…
A subvariante da ômicron, a BA.2, já foi localizada em ao menos 57 países, aponta balanço divulgado nesta quarta-feira (2) pela OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde).Segundo o comunicado, a presença da subvariante subiu 50% em vários países. “A OMS pede mais investigações sobre as características da BA.2, com o objetivo de se conhecer melhor sua…
Omicron sub-variant found in 57 countries: WHO
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than the original version, has been detected in 57 countries, the WHO said Tuesday. The fast-spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected…
Omicron may have FDA rethinking vaccine strategy for kids under 5
Hope — If the goal is baseline protection, we can get there with 2 doses, Gottlieb says. Beth Mole - Feb 1, 2022 3:18 am UTC Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany.Update 1/31/2022, 10:15pm ET: Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are expected to submit a request to…
‘Stealth Omicron’ spreads more than original strain: study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a Danish study published on Monday. Sub-variant BA.2—also called "stealth Omicron"—was detected earlier this year and has displaced the first Omicron variant, known as BA.1, as the dominant strain in Denmark. A…