The New England Journal of Medicine

Efficacy of Antiviral Agents against the Omicron Subvariant BA.2.75

Of additional concern, BA.2.75 may differ antigenically from BA.2. The receptor-binding domain of the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies and is the major ...
Time

What to Know About BA.2, a New Omicron Variant

Even as SARS-CoV-2 gets better at spreading and evading some of the immune protection that people have built through infections or vaccination, new variants inevitably arise. That’s been the case with ...
The New York Times

‘Stealth’ Omicron Is Stealthy No More: What’s Known About the BA.2 Variant

The subvariant of Omicron is becoming more common in the United States but probably won’t cause another large spike. By Carl Zimmer As the Omicron coronavirus surge subsides, researchers are keeping ...
NBC Chicago

BA.2 Symptoms, Protection and More: What We Know as Omicron Subvariant Grows

News about the BA.2 omicron subvariant continues to grow as it becomes the dominant COVID strain not just in the Midwest but across the U.S., but what should you be watching for? Chicago's health ...
National Geographic news

Here's what we know about the BA.2 Omicron subvariant driving a new COVID-19 wave

After a brief two-month plateau, COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States, propelled by the Omicron BA.2 subvariant and its more transmissible descendants. The uptick has experts worried, ...