As evidence mounts that the omicron variant is less deadly than prior COVID-19 strains, one oft-cited explanation is that viruses always evolve to become less virulent over time. The problem, experts ...

Even as the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to sweep the globe, scientists are now monitoring a new mutation of omicron, dubbed BA.2. The World Health Organization maintains that BA.2 is not a ...

The race is on for new treatments that stand up to omicron's explosive spread. With omicron's explosive spread threatening to outpace current COVID-19 treatments, the race is on to find new options ...

Multivariable analyses confirmed that vaccination remained associated with lower hospitalization risk in both periods after controlling for comorbid conditions. Compared with vaccinated patients, the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Federal regulators are considering limiting the authorization of certain monoclonal antibody treatments that have not proved effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus ...

Life expectancy in Hawaiʻi remained stable from 2018 to 2020 (82.3, 82.1 and 82.0 years, respectively). A decline occurred in 2021 to 80.7 years, followed by a partial rebound to 81.2 years in 2022.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The CDC is weighing a significant update to its mask information as the highly transmissible omicron variant sweeps across the nation. Federal health officials are expected to ...

The new Covid variant is continuing to proliferate around the U.S. — although you might not know it by just checking federal variant-tracking dashboards. Known as NB.1.8.1, the omicron variant has ...