The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

What is different about the updated booster shots? Two scientists offer their expertise to answer five questions about the shots.

The Government's reported plan to scrap the traffic light system is premature and will leave New Zealand with few options to respond to more severe variants or other pandemic threats.

WASHINGTON — COVID-19 vaccines will largely become an annual vaccination akin to the flu shot, President Joe Biden said Tuesday as his administration urged Americans to seek out newly authorized booster shots tailored to fight the omicron subvariants that are now dominant.

The COVID alert level for the UK was recently downgraded by the government from “3” to “2”. This move was based on advice ministers received from the four UK chief medical officers, the NHS England national medical director and the UK Health Security Agency.

Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their masks…

New booster shots have arrived and social distancing guidelines have eased but COVID-19 infections aren't going away anytime soon

EU officials on Tuesday recommended that the two Omicron- tailored vaccines recently endorsed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) be first deployed in high-risk individuals.

Around one in five vaccinated Britons with Omicron or Delta strain experienced diarrhoea as a symptom

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say