The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Australia is in its fifth COVID wave, which has been brewing since February. It has grown slowly so many people may have not realised it.

Each Omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features – the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people with BA.5, then the confusing variant mix in the summer wave of 2022-23.

Cases of Omicron variant XBB are mounting in China, forming a new wave expected to crest around 65 million cases a week by the end of June. While COVID remains a global threat, it's time to "go back for regular check-ups" and ensure that lives saved by COVID precautions during…

'The last time we've seen these case numbers in hospital was in January.'

The most common non-respiratory symptom of Covid across all strains has been revealed by a new stud

The most common non-respiratory symptom of Covid across all strains has been revealed by a new study with researchers finding that it is not losing a sense of taste

As the temperature drops, Australia is approaching its fifth COVID wave. This is what it could look like.

Zhong Nanshan on Monday identified the omicron subvariant XBB as the cause behind the latest outbreak of infections

A South Australian epidemiologist says COVID infection numbers are rising at a near record level in the state.