SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will no longer use GPS monitoring to enforce quarantines and will also end daily checkup calls to low-risk coronavirus patients as a fast-developing omicron ...

Five mutations might help Omicron more easily fuse with and infect human cells. Waves of Variants Many variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have arisen over the course of the pandemic.

The new omicron variant of coronavirus will sweep into Oregon over the next two to four weeks, setting new records for infections and filling hospitals beyond capacity. "We're in a race against ...