California’s strongest summer COVID wave in years is still surging, and an unusual midsummer mutation may be partly to blame. There are a number of possible culprits behind the worst summer infection ...

A variant of the coronavirus identified in Southern California last year is now in 18 states and at least six other countries, according to researchers, who think this mutation has the potential to be ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A new variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading through the UK and other countries has not yet been detected in the United States, according to the CDC. But that doesn't mean ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The R1 variant is the new strain of COVID-19 researchers are keeping a close eye on. The CDC identified "multiple spike protein mutations" in this variant. "The R.1 variant does ...

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 ...

When researchers in China first discovered a new coronavirus spreading amongst the people in the city of Wuhan, they collected samples of the virus and published its genetic code online. Stream Los ...

With measles outbreaks, flu spikes, and COVID as a seasonal threat, learn key differences between these contagious diseases, ...

1.) The California variant first was identified in Los Angeles County in mid-July by genetic researchers at UCSF’s Chiu Laboratory. 2.) The variant recently has been detected in Lake and Marin ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Where biology meets technology, researchers are on the hunt for mutations of COVID-19. The Microbial Genome Sequencing Center, also known as MiGS, is one of several in the country ...