The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Health experts monitoring JN.1 say it may not cause as much damage as previous waves but it could still be severe

This year's winter respiratory disease season was looking to be a bit of a respite from last year's—until JN.1 took off. Now, it's anyone's best guess.

Australia's chief health officer has warned there is a COVID-19 wave going through the community ahead of the busy Christmas period.

The U.S. health care system is a “sitting duck” in the face of a coming cluster of winter epidemics, one expert told Fortune.

Experts warned Pirola could do serious damage if it gained a foothold. Now that it's growing, what happens next?

As the COVID virus continues to evolve, so does our vaccine response. From December 11, Australians will have access to new vaccines that offer better protection.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says the latest COVID-19 vaccines targeting current Omicron variants will be available to Australians next month.

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

The virus is reportedly descended from an Omicron variant and extreme fatigue is thought to be one of the symptoms