COVID-19 Resources for Patients and Families

What is a COVID variation like Omicron and what are sub-lineages like BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5. What evidence shows the sub-lineages allow people who have already had COVID to become reinfected.

What are variants and sub-variants? What COVID variants are currently circulating? A list of identified COVID sub-variants.

What are Omicron BA.5 symptoms, is Omicron BA.5 able to spread more easily, does Omicron BA.5 cause more severe illness, do COVID vaccines protect against BA.5, what do Omicron variants tell about the future of COVID

Tracking of how the sub-lineages are spreading, how severely ill people become after being infected with them, and what we know about how the vaccines affect them.

What are BA.4 and BA.5, why are they on a rise, how well do vaccines work against the variants

How quickly the sub-variants can spread and what you can do to protect yourself.

A summary of what is currently known about the Omicron variant.

A Mayo Clinic COVID-19 expert talks about the Omicron variant.

What we know about the Omicron variant so far.

A Mayo Clinic COVID-19 expert discusses how well current treatments and therapies will work against the omicron variant.

A doctor from WHO explains what we know about the Delta variant so far, how can we assess our risk and how we can protect ourselves against Delta variant.

A Mayo Clinic doctor talks about a possible COVID-19 surge and being emotionally ready for the pandemic to be over. He also answers listeners questions about COVID-19 reinfection, the latest news about COVID-19 vaccines affecting menstrual cycles and sperm quality.

The new variant that is causing concern around the world is the “delta” variant, that is more contagious than other variants. Read more about COVID-19 variants and other Coronavirus mutations.

The Delta variant of COVID-19 was first detected in India and is rapidly spreading around the world. Here’s what it's known about it so far.

Information about Delta Variant's origin, transmissibility, hotspots and potential for vaccine protection.

Information about five variants of COVID-19, their mutations, and why they are called variants of concern.

What we know about the COVID-19 variants, how to reduce your risk and help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Why do virus variants occur, how effective are the vaccines and do we expect more variants as the pandemic wears on?

Information about the characteristics of the COVID-19 variants, how easily they spread, whether they could cause more severe illness, and whether currently authorized vaccines will protect people against them.

Why does the coronavirus change, and will the COVID-19 vaccine work on the new variants?