Just as the Omicron wave may have broken across the U.S. comes word of another version of the more transmissible variant, dubbed BA.2. It's been nicknamed "stealth Omicron" because it seems to evade identification better than its predecessor.
The pandemic that has convulsed the world for more than two years is entering a "new phase," and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant offers "plausible hope" for a return to normalcy in the months ahead, WHO said Monday.
Drug-resistant bacteria — also known as superbugs — are on the rise globally, and they're now killing more people each year than either HIV/AIDS or malaria.
Fewer people in the United States are being admitted to hospitals with the coronavirus than a week ago, suggesting that the record-breaking surge in hospitalizations driven by the Omicron variant could soon decline, following recent case trends.
WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky forcefully defended her bumpy CDC tenure in a Globe interview this week, describing her critics as "naysayers" who have helped sow the public confusion she has been accused of creating and pointing out that many Americans are still not following her agency's most basic guidance.