Omicron coronavirus subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are now accounting for an estimated 35 percent of US cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subvariants are on a course ...
After two years of warnings, testing, vaccinations, masking, isolating, boosters, political back-and-forths and just general pandemic fatigue it's understandable that people want to get on with their ...
Like a Hollywood franchise that churns out sequel after mind-numbing sequel, Omicron is back. Mere weeks after the variant’s BA.2 lineage caused surges globally, two more Omicron spin-offs are on the ...
In recent months, omicron (B.1.1.529) became the dominant variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), displaying some degree of immune evasion. 1 The initial omicron ...
Scientists say there is no evidence that the BA.5 version of the Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than measles, or that it has a basic reproduction number, or "R-naught" (R0), of 18.6 ...
Panel A shows the lineage of mutations that have been identified in the omicron BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4 or BA.5 subvariants of SARS-CoV-2, as compared with the reference WA1/2020 isolate. BA.4 ...
Suresh V. Kuchipudi receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) and National Science ...