Recent studies of the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron suggest that it is both more transmissible and more lethal than Omicron BA.1, and that it is quickly supplanting the previous variant in country after ...

Omicron subvariant BA.5 recently emerged from South Africa in parallel with BA.4 and subsequently has been detected in several countries worldwide. By August 2022, it outcompeted BA.2 to become the ...

Just because you had an omicron variant of COVID-19 in the last few months doesn't mean you won't get infected with the newly dominant BA.5 subvariant, according to a new study of what's been called ...

COPENHAGEN, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which has quickly taken over in Denmark, is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron (B.1.1.529) infections between ...

The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe disease, a lab study suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings, recently ...

WHO official said these studies are very critical in looking for severity signals.(REUTERS) After a recent Japanese lab study indicated that Omicron subvariant BA.2 can cause more severe diseases than ...

New variants of Omicron have been emerging ever since the third wave of the COVID eased down a bit. The most prominent strains of the Omicron right now are the BA.4 and BA.5 variants. These variants ...

Women and gender studies allows students to explore women, gender and sexuality in relation to race, class, national identity and ability. Students discover the ways gender and sexuality work in ...

A recent study analyzed mRNA COVID vaccine effectiveness for immunocompromised adults during Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 predominance. The large, geographically diverse study confirms that overall ...

Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare but life-threatening neonatal liver disorder marked by bile duct obstruction. While most cases occur in isolation, a subset is linked with other congenital ...