A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make ...

Much of the country is facing record flu cases thanks to a new strain of the virus. And the "subclade K" variant is likely already here in Spokane. The new strain formed last year as influenza A's ...

Some of the recent news stories about covid-19 have felt reminiscent of the first two years of the pandemic. Due to a variant called JN.1 – sometimes called Juno – infection rates have been rising in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On Dec. 31, UCSF'S Dr. Charles Chiu and his colleagues were in a lab when they found what they are calling"L-452R," a California variant of COVID-19. "We actually discovered ...

As COVID-19 cases continue rising, JN.1 moves in as the variant accounting for the most cases worldwide. On Dec. 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented JN.1 as a quickly growing ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects a refreshed booster vaccine to be available next month, but it remains to be seen whether the new shot will be able to snipe a highly ...

Covid cases appear to be climbing, according to Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and one particular variant seems to be fueling the virus' spread. JN.1 ...

A highly mutated form of the coronavirus that threatens to be the most adept yet at slipping past the body's immune defenses is capturing the attention of virologists and health officials. While only ...

The B.1.617 coronavirus variant has been identified in at least 49 countries since emerging in India late last year, reports The New York Times. 1. The B.1.617 coronavirus variant was first identified ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN) is closely monitoring the emergence of a newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, a sublineage of the Omicron family. This variant was first identified in January ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more easily, ...