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A doctor checks a patient in the hospital in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, China, on October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Letting Omicron Loose

by Chen Chen

A look at vulnerabilities in health-care capacity in China 

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A close-up photo of a hand in a black medical glove shows Dr. Mayank Amin preparing a Moderna COVID booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2022.

Is It the End of COVID-19 as We Know it?

IHME Director Christopher Murray weighs in on the state of the pandemic, the new omicron vaccine, and flu season

A woman in a white and black t-shirt wears a face mask uses a handheld fan as she walks on a street on a hot day, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 19, 2022. A colorful white, green, pink and yellow mural is pictured in the background.
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Omicron BA.5: What to Know About COVID-19's Latest, More Contagious Variant

Public health expert Ali H. Mokdad answers our COVID questions this week 

A masked pedestrian walks over Westminster Bridge in London, on January 27, 2022.
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What to Know About "Stealth" Omicron 

Professor Ali H. Mokdad gives the rundown on the omicron subvariant BA.2

Passengers register their information on arrival at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone, Botswana, June 3, 2020.
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Inside the Lab that Identified Omicron

by Michelle D. Gavin

For years Botswana's scientists have been on the cutting-edge of research

a man helps a woman consume a packet of traditional chinese medicine
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Defanging COVID-19 in China

by Ali H. Mokdad, Simin Liu, Eric L. Ding

China has successfully managed the pandemic, omicron could change that