The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

On Sept. 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are specifically tailored to combat the two most prevalent omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5. The decision comes just a day after the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of…

Experts answer some top questions about Omicron-specific COVID boosters.

The FDA today authorized the new booster, which could arrive as early as next week in Chicago, where nearly 2 million residents are expected to be eligible.

Last week, the FDA authorized both Pfizer and Moderna's Omicron-specific jabs. Experts say to get them as soon as they are available to you.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday

The number of severe covid cases needing hospital care has decreased, leading to a lowering of the alert level.

A level two alert means that "Covid-19 is in general circulation but direct Covid-19 healthcare pressures and transmission are declining or stable"

The alert level has moved from three to two.

COVID-19 boosters from Moderna Inc. and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE that are tailored to the latest COVID-19 omicron variants got U.S. regulatory clearance, a move toward additional protection as concern grows about potential new waves in the fall and winter.