What we know so far about the COVID omicron variant

(NEW YORK) -- A month after the omicron variant was first identified, it has become the dominant strain in the United States, responsible for about three-quarters of new COVID infections.As of Wednesday, cases have been identified in 49 states and Washington, D.C. South Dakota...

Omicron already dominant COVID-19 variant in US: CDC

(NEW YORK) -- Just three weeks after it was first discovered in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates that the highly transmissible omicron variant is the dominant variant in the United States, representing 73% of new coronavirus...

Omicron live updates: Variant detected in Houston’s wastewater

(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 789,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.Just 60% of the...