The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Researchers from King’s College London have found that the Omicron variant "appears substantially less likely to cause long Covid than other variants" in a new study

One and a half years after the adult COVID-19 vaccine, a kids' shot is here. This is why it took so much longer

One in 23 people still suffers from symptoms for more than four weeks

Symptoms of the condition can include fatigue, shortness of breath, loss of concentration and joint pain.

“Confusion and mixed messaging” between health officials and labs contributed to the collapse of Covid testing earlier this year, and the sector says it's a sign of structural problems.

Two new subvariants of the Omicron strand are believed to have become 'more dangerous' to people infected

The number of Covid hospitalisations has shot up in the previous week amid fears two Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5 could trigger a new wave of the virus

You may find some of the answers to your Covid questions for some of Ireland's favourite holiday destinations.

Covid cases are on the rise in the UK for the first time in two months, according to the latest data - fuelling fears "immune imprinting", which refers to how one's immune system reacts to variants differently depending on their specific infection and vaccine history, is to blame