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The omicron variant, while less deadly, also infected many more people than earlier variants. This trend, too, may prove short-lived: The next generation of covid booster shots are rolling out ...

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is much less likely to lead to long Covid than the variant circulating at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research being presented at this year's European ...

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They found the omicron variant was more prevalent in racial and ethnic minority groups during its emergence, especially in urban settings. “When members of marginalized communities get infected with ...

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There was a 140% increase in hospital-onset COVID-19 during the transition from pre-omicron variants to omicron. ... Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Meeting; April 11-14 ...

In general, Omicron causes milder infections in relatively healthy people, and data show that more severe disease is more likely to lead to the lingering symptoms of Long COVID.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Harvard epidemiologist Bill Hanage about what scientists know about the new omicron COVID-19 variant.