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The hospital system is expecting to see its highest percentage of positive COVID-19 tests since the pandemic began, officials said in a news release on Friday.

In addition to being more transmissible than delta, omicron appears to evade antibodies from the first two doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Most famous of the emigrant parties to cross the Sierra Nevada into California via the Truckee pass, in the winter of 1846-1847. Settlers heading to Cal...

The omicron variant of the coronavirus, which the World Health Organization recently designated as a variant of concern after it was discovered to be spreading quickly throughout South Africa, has not yet been detected in Northeast Ohio or anywhere in the U.S. – but it will likely be found here soon, according to medical experts.

The Delta variant accounts for more than 93 percent of all new COVID cases, according to the CDC.

Andriy OnufriyenkoGetty Images The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is a more contagious viral strain. So far, patients who contract the Delta variant are hospitalized at a higher rate with slightly different symptoms from those of the Alpha strain. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently reversed its recommendations on masking for vaccinated people, stating that they should once again wear masks at indoor social events. The Delta vari...

Shutterstock Herd immunity is achieved when a high enough proportion of the population is vaccinated against the disease. Health officials say we may not reach it, but the disease may continue in a milder form. COVID-19 vaccination rates have slowed in Ohio and across the country, and combined with new mutations of the virus circulating, health officials fear herd immunity may be out of reach. Cuyahoga County’s vaccination rate is 45%, which is a long way from the more than 70% thought to...

Shutterstock Cleveland Clinic doctors have potentially detected a COVID-19 variant in Ohio connected to the outbreak in India. Doctors still believe the vaccines are effective against this variant and others. Cleveland Clinic researchers have potentially detected a COVID-19 variant in Ohio related to the predominant strain of virus that has been linked to the outbreak in India.  The data is still preliminary, but Cleveland Clinic doctors will review findings from lab samples Monday and se...

In-Depth: Health experts warn about COVID-19 variant Michigan to Ohio spread In-Depth: Experts warn about COVID Michigan to Ohio spread and last updated 2021-04-02 10:24:08-04 CLEVELAND — Northeast Ohio health experts and the Ohio Department of Health issued a warning about significant growth in the number of COVID-19 variants making their way into the Buckeye State from Michigan. Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the Ohio Department of Health Chief Medical Officer, reported the number of Ohio variant...

A virologist talks about COVID-19 mutations, the threat they pose, and how effective vaccines are against them.