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With eye on Omicron, Harvard experts fear 'surge upon a surge'
By Alvin Powell
Fauci: U.S. reviewing its South African travel ban and hopes to lift it soon
By Maeve Sheehey
Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID, vaccine creator says
By Kate Holton, Stephanie Nebehay & Guy Faulconbridge
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Omicron variant: Is the best strategy against omicron to boost with the original vaccine?
By Berkeley Lovelace & Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
How can I protect myself from the new omicron variant?
By Lauran Neergaard
Vaccine inequity only partially to blame for Africa's low vaccination rates, experts say
By Mark Gollom
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
By Rosebell Kagumire
Omicron symptoms ‘totally different’ from Delta COVID-19 variant: South African doctor
By Leslie Young
How the omicron variant is affecting South Africa, according to a top health journalist
By Dylan Scott
Anger simmers over Omicron travel bans in southern Africa
By Zaina Adamu & Stephanie Busari
Omicron's less severe cases prompt cautious optimism in South Africa
By John Burn-Murdoch & Oliver Barnes
Covid cases more than doubled in South Africa last week as omicron variant spreads, WHO says
By Annika Kim Constantino
Pfizer vaccine may be less effective against omicron, early lab data indicate
By Akshay Syal, Berkeley Lovelace & Berkeley Lovelace Jr.