February 4, 2022 WHO official sees 'plausible endgame' for COVID-19 pandemic in Europe Europe is entering a "plausible endgame" to the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of deaths across the region begins to "plateau," the director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Europe office said Thursday.
February 3, 2022 CDC director: Studies yet to show BA.2 sub-variant evading current vaccines more than omicron CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that experts have not yet seen studies suggesting omicron sub-variant BA.2 will evade COVID-19 vaccine protection any more so than the original omicron strain has already.
February 1, 2022 'Long COVID' patients leave ‘antibody signature’ that may help predict syndrome, study says COVID-19 patients may not need to wait long after being infected to know if they will develop post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, according to a paper published this week in Nature Communications.
January 29, 2022 'Stealth' omicron variant BA.2 circulating in almost half of US, but CDC exercises caution: report There are now at least 127 known cases of the subvariant BA.2 circulating in almost half of the United States that international experts suggest is more contagious as omicron,
January 28, 2022 Cases of 'stealth' omicron subvariant confirmed in Northeast states: reports Two Northeast states reported cases of the omicron subvariant BA.2 this week.
January 26, 2022 CDC data shows omicron accounts for 99.9% of new cases as experts investigate sub-variant Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the omicron variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 99.9% of new COVID-19 cases. This comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) and health officials are keeping their eyes on a COVID-19 sub-variant called BA.2.
January 22, 2022 FDA acts to expand use of treatment for COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took action Friday to expand the use of the antiviral remdesivir drug Veklury to certain non-hospitalized adults and pediatric patients for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease.
January 20, 2022 Omicron slowing in these states, officials say As the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread, officials in several states across the country have reported the surge is showing signs of slowing.
January 20, 2022 Cervical cancer: What are the signs and symptoms? Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer in women.
January 19, 2022 WHO says no evidence that COVID boosters are needed for healthy children, young adults The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Tuesday that there is no current evidence that suggests healthy adolescents or children need COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.
