Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.
Advertisement
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar
Evidence is building that the Northern Hemisphere is on course for a surge of COVID-19 cases this autumn and winter. New immune-evading strains of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, behaviour changes and waning immunity mean that many countries could soon see large numbers of COVID-19 infections — and potentially of hospitalizations — say scientists.
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Rent or buy this article
Prices vary by article type
from$1.95
to$39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Nature 610, 239-241 (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03157-x
Cao, Y. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.15.507787 (2022).
Sheward, D. J. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.16.508299 (2022).
Alsoussi, W. B. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.22.509040 (2022).
Download references
Reprints and Permissions
New Omicron-specific vaccines offer similar protection to existing boosters
Genetic variant powers up immune cells that remember SARS-CoV-2
Research Highlight
COVID lockdowns altered babies’ microbiomes
News
A molnupiravir-associated mutational signature in global SARS-CoV-2 genomes
Article
RSV treatments are here: now the work begins
Outlook
Antibody therapies set to transform respiratory syncytial virus prevention for babies
Outlook
Better awareness of RSV in older adults is needed to fight a growing burden
Outlook
The search for a connection between RSV and asthma
Outlook
Tracking RSV in low- and middle-income countries
Outlook
For Indigenous infants, RSV prevention is better than a cure
Outlook
The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a Director for the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC).
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Vice Chancellor for Research
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor, Michigan) seeks to fill two tenure-track faculty position…
Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Michigan – Human Genetics
UGA seeks vibrant candidates for tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM). Attractive startup package.
Athens, Georgia
Center for Molecular Medicine at the University of Georgia
Houston, Texas (US)
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)
New Omicron-specific vaccines offer similar protection to existing boosters
An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, delivered to your inbox every weekday.
Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.
© 2023 Springer Nature Limited