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HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday warned that COVID-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a coxjmtzywngested residential area of the city and that overall cases …

LONDON/COPENHAGEN — The U.K. Health Security Agency on Friday designated a sub-lineage of the dominant and highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant as a variant under investigation, saying it could have …

NEW YORK — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the Omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. They are …

Doctors are urging caution as health officials suggest the Omicron wave may be hitting its peak across Canada. “It’s great news right now, but we need to be aware of …

TORONTO — Pig cells respond differently than human cells when exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, a study out of Iowa State University suggests, finding that could help …

New research out of the United States has found 44 per cent of children in hospital with COVID-19 developed a neurological symptom, the most common being headaches and altered mental …

Two doses of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are highly protective against a rare but often serious condition in children that causes organ inflammation weeks after COVID-19 infections, a U.S. …

TORONTO — Adults with moderate to major symptoms of depression appear more likely to support false statements about COVID-19 vaccines and those who believe the misinformation have a higher probability …

TOKYO — Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widxjmtzywens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, …

The latest COVID-19 wave driven by the Omicron variant may have reached its peak, with the average daily case count decreasing by 28 per cent compared to the previous week, …