Just when it felt like COVID had quietly slipped into the background of everyday life, a new variant is back in the headlines. Reports suggest this strain carries multiple spike protein mutations and ...

A new Covid-19 variant known as “Cicada” has spread to half of the United States, raising alarm among public health officials. The new Covid variant, scientifically designated BA.3.2, was first ...

More than two dozen states have confirmed cases of a new COVID variant, with experts saying the mutation poses risks to people who were previously infected or vaccinated. And, it was largely ...

Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19 may modestly curb the effectiveness of two current vaccines, although they stress that the shots ...

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The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have both designated beta as a “variant of ...

Ontario reported 4,094 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as the number of patients in intensive care units and on ventilators reached new highs. As of Friday, there were 2,277 patients in ...

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 ...