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The rapid rise of a new subvariant of COVID-19 is pushing other strains of the virus to the margins in New England. The variant named XBB has been tracked in New England for months, but data from the ...

A new version of omicron has taken hold in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subvariant of omicron, named XBB.1.5, has raised ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- There are rising concerns about the new omicron variant, as cases have now been confirmed in more than half the U.S. Early anecdotal reports seem to indicate those infected are ...

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The omicron variant accounted for an estimated 58.6 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for the week ending Dec. 25, down from previous estimates, according to new data released Dec. 28 by the CDC. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that data has shown that the spread of the omicron variant is what fuels a spike in hospitalizations in young children 4-years-old and ...

Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 can transfer their immunity to their unborn children and perhaps enhance the ability of infants 6 months and younger to ward off infection, according to new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday revised downward its estimate of how much the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is circulating across the U.S., though it continues to spread at a ...

The omicron variant accounted for an estimated 95.4 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for the week ending Jan. 1, according to CDC data. Just the previous week, the variant accounted for an ...