Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax are slated to roll out new vaccines targeting XBB.1.5 within weeks, pending approvals from the FDA.

The new variant has been detected in New York City’s wastewater.

A new and rare COVID variant has been detected in New York City’s wastewater, and there’s not much yet known about it.

Pfizer said the booster triggered more antibodies against omicron BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1 in adults older than 55 compared to the original vaccines.

The latest COVID variant to dominate America is more than 4 times more vaccine-resistant, a new study finds — as another set of research sheds disturbing light on how COVID reinfection increases your risk of death from any cause.

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States.

Another omicron subvariant called BA.2.12.1 has been detected in 23 countries, including the U.S., according to WHO.

In New York City, health officials upped the COVID alert level this week for the first time since the new system debuted early this year.

NYC cases are again rising and this week crossed the city’s threshold for “medium risk,” indicating the widening spread of the subvariant knowns as BA.2 that has swept the state’s northern reaches — but there appears to be little appetite from Mayor Eric Adams to bring mask mandates back

COVID cases in New York are continuing to rise, and so is the rate of reinfection, state data shows.