stealth omicron

With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

A new version of the omicron variant is continuing to spread across the United States, with the Centers for Disease Control estimating that the descendant now accounts for nearly one-third of cases in the country.

With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

The Illinois Public Department of Health Thursday issued a public health warning about the rise in cases, saying that residents “should be paying close attention to conditions in their local communities” and urged vaccinations and booster shots for eligible populations. Jen DeSalvo has more.

Across the U.S., there has been a slight increase in cases in recent weeks, with daily confirmed cases nationwide rising from about 25,000 per day to more than 30,000.

COVID cases are slowly back on the rise in Chicago and Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday issued a warning as COVID case rates are “slowly rising in many areas of the state.”

With the BA.2 omicron subvariant continuing to spread across Chicago, Illinois and the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

Omicron BA.2, also known as “stealth omicron,” has been the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. since March 2022.

With the BA.2 omicron subvariant continuing to spread across Chicago, Illinois and the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

The “stealth omicron” subvariant has only been the dominant strain of COVID in the United States for less than a month, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now believes that it is responsible for more than 80% of new cases of the virus.

Even as the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois see increases in COVID cases, it doesn’t appear that officials are planning to follow the lead of Philadelphia in bringing back mask mandates to stop the spread of the virus.

With the BA.2 omicron subvariant now the dominant strain across Chicago and the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

The BA.2 omicron subvariant is accounting for more than half the COVID-19 cases across Chicago as of Thursday, as the city continues to monitor the widespread strain, according to the city’s top doctor.

Chicago officials are continuing to monitor the BA.2 Omicron subvariant as the city sees a “slight increase” in COVID-19 cases and test positivity over the past week, the health department said Wednesday.

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?

The FDA and CDC have changed COVID booster recommendations for immunocompromised individuals and those over 50, and NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup has the details.

According to new estimates released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19, otherwise known as “stealth omicron,” is now the dominant strain of the virus in the Midwest and in the United States.

As the BA.2 omicron subvariant spreads in parts of the U.S., some are wondering about its transmissibility, specifically if BA.2 is more contagious than the original omicron strain.

Months after the U.S. experienced a surge in cases of the omicron variant, focus has turned to different strain – BA.2, a subvariant of omicron, also referred to as “stealth omicron.”