The latest COVID-19 variants are Eris, Fornax, and Arcturus. Both Eris and Fornax share a mutation, which helps them spread faster than other variants. However, there's currently no evidence that these variants would cause more severe symptoms than other variants we've seen in the past. Arc...
The COVID-19 vaccine helps your body develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.The latest 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines have been updated to help protect people against the recent circulating Omicron variants JN.1 (Novavax) or KP.2 (Comirnaty, Spikevax)....
Health authorities say they're closely tracking the spread of three new COVID-19 variants now spreading around the country. Levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for now remain far below previous peaks seen during past summer and winter waves of the virus, but have been climbing ...
Some scientists have used the termvaccine resistanceto describe the reduced efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against some variants. But that confuses matters by suggesting vaccines are analogous to antibiotics, University of Washington biologist Carl Bergstrom, PhD, who studies evolution and medicine, said...
Risk perception as a motivational resource during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of vaccination status and emerging variants Joachim Waterschoot Maarten Vansteenkiste Omer Van den Bergh BMC Public Health (2024) Trends in symptom prevalence and sequential onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection from 2020...
According to a new report by leading global clinical contract research organisation Novotech, variants such as Delta and Omicron have further stressed healthcare systems, with increased transmissibility and immune escape capabilities. These challenges have driven the urgent need for adaptable vaccine resear...
Predicting COVID-19 booster immunogenicity against future SARS-CoV-2 variants and the benefits of vaccine updates Deborah Cromer Arnold Reynaldi Miles P. Davenport Nature Communications (2024) Correlates of protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated children Youjia Zhong Alicia Y. H...
Why are these COVID-19 variants called FLiRT? The nickname FLiRT comes from two distinctive mutations seen in several descendants of the JN.1 variant that have sprung up around the world after its sweep over the winter. Some of the largest strains with FLiRT mutations in the U.S. right no...
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The agency anticipates the decision to update monovalent formulas of the Pfizer, Moderna, and future COVID-19 vaccines to reflect circulating variants will become an annual practice.