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Covid omicron vaccinations approved by FDA for use in infants as young as 6 monthsThe FDA is urging people to be up to date with all vaccines. Now children as young as 6 months old can get the new Omicron booster dose.09 Dec, 2022, 01.02 AM IST- Omicron BA.2 less severe than its original and Delta variants : StudyOf 1,02,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US from March 3, 2020 to June 20 this year, there were 20,770 labelled as Delta variants, 52,60...27 Oct, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
- Omicron more likely to cause upper airway infections among children, reveals new studyThe highly transmissible variant is known to cause lower severity disease than the Delta variant, the researchers noted.18 Apr, 2022, 06.22 PM IST
- Omicron variant less severe than Delta for children younger than 5 years: StudyThe research, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, is the first large-scale study to compare the health outcomes of coronavirus infect...04 Apr, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
- Contracted Omicron? Vaccinated patients less likely to need critical care, says new studyThe study said unvaccinated patients had a higher chance of being admitted with serious complications.11 Feb, 2022, 05.26 PM IST
- Omicron variant may not be ‘milder' itself, US scientists cautionCompared with earlier variants, Omicron resulted in notably lower hospitalisation and death rates, leading some to conclude that the varian...04 Feb, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
- Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less effective: StudyThe lab tests also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages. "The bottom lin...27 Jan, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
- US FDA study warns against certain treatments for Omicron. Details hereWith the continuous rise in Omicron cases of Covid-19, patients are looking at various drug options to relieve some symptoms. US-based infe...25 Jan, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
- USFDA revokes emergency use status to two Covid antibody therapies"Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequ...25 Jan, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
- Wall Street Week Ahead: 'Santa Claus' stocks rally? Investors look to Omicron for directionOverall, the S&P 500 is down only 0.1% since the Omicron variant was identified on Nov. 24. Travel and tourism stocks that would be most af...23 Dec, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
- US faces another Covid Christmas as omicron fuels a rise in casesOn Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that Omicron, which accounted for less than 1 percent of new Covid-19 ca...21 Dec, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
- US reports 1st Omicron-related death as unvaccinated man diesThe news of the first death in the US due to Omicron came on a day when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Omic...21 Dec, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
- Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID casesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron's share of infections in only one week.21 Dec, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
- Some rapid antigen Covid tests may not detect Omicron: Anthony FauciAccording to Fauci, the PCR tests, often considered the 'gold standard' for Covid testing, are accurate for detecting Omicron, the Daily Ma...17 Dec, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
- Why it's too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variantThe worst-case scenario is the virus has mutated so much in the crucial parts of its genome that it can escape vaccines designed to protect...04 Dec, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
- Omicron spreads in US, AustraliaThe new variant, first reported by South Africa, has already cast the world's recovery into doubt, with the EU health agency warning it cou...03 Dec, 2021, 12.08 PM IST
- Omicron variant: US moving to toughen testing requirement for travellersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a Tuesday statement that it was working toward requiring that all air travellers to ...01 Dec, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
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