The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

The omicron-fighting COVID-19 vaccine is now approved for children ages 6 months and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the pandemic. But all eventually abandoned this approach because of the mounting social and economic costs and the…

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County appears in the midst of another full-blown coronavirus surge, with cases rising by 75% over the last week.

Mark Butler will meet with state and territory counterparts on ways to reduce hospital strain from increased COVID-19 cases.

Virologist Connor Bamford said we "need to be a little bit concerned" about the new omicron variant known as BQ1, which seems to be immune to current Covid treatment

LOS ANGELES — There has been a troubling spike in coronavirus-positive hospital admissions among seniors in California, rising to levels not seen since the summer omicron surge.

A surge in cases is indicating a new wave has started in the UK

As businesses pin their hopes on a strong recovery in the final month of the year based on lively shopping activity, entertainment events and vibrant tourism, a fresh Omicron outbreak has emerged including a rising death toll, rekindling concerns about the impact on economic sentiment.

Since then, speculations about the origin of this highly transmissible variant have centred on two main theories. Read on for details:

The end result could be “hundreds of millions” of infected Chinese, Dr. Ali Mokdad, a professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said.

Dramatic U-turn following widespread unrest leaves country ill-prepared for Omicron