The World Health Organization declared the recently discovered B.1.1.529 strain of the COVID-19 virus to be a variant of concern on November 26 and renamed it Omicron. The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of COVID-19 variants, along with the globally dominant Delta...
What is the current new variant of COVID-19? According to the latest projections published by the CDC, around 28.2% of COVID-19 cases nationwide are now being caused by a sublineage of the virus called the KP.2 variant. The next largest variant on the rise is another JN.1 descendant ...
Parade.com asked experts to explain what you should know about the COVID-19 variants and if the vaccines will protect you against them. What is the COVID variant, exactly? One of the reasons COVID-19 variants are emerging is because not enough people are vaccinated yet, says Dr. Judith...
Early data suggests two doses of AstraZeneca is 60% effective, and Pfizer 88%, against the Delta variant. Credit: CDC/Unsplash Victoria's current COVID outbreak took another turn last week when a new variant wasdiscovered by health authorities. It's not clear whether this new "Delta" varia...
Here's the latest about what we know about the new COVID-19 variants now on the rise.What are current new COVID variants? There are two that are fairly prevalent and one — the highly mutated variant — that is not as widespread, for now. Every two weeks, the Centers for Disease Con...
against specific strains of the virus. These drugs are not thought to be effective for any variant of the virusfrom omicron XBB.1.5 onwards, which includes the current wave. This is because these drugs recognize certain proteins expressed on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, which have changed over...
What We Know about the COVID Variant from India音频:00:0005:44 (↑点击上面在线试听今天的音频,音频播放器已经支持暂停、快进、后退功能了) 听力参考原文 ↓↓↓ [00:00.04]India has recorded the world's sharpest increase [0...
A new COVID-19 strain, dubbed XEC, is making the rounds. Here’s what you should know about the new variant. This Season Trending Today Latest Weather Health Sun & Moon Travel Climate Weather in your inbox Your local forecast, plus daily trivia, stunning photos and our meteorologists’ top...
What is the Kraken? It is the nickname for a worrying new subvariant of the Omicron strain of COVID-19. “It is on the increase in the U.S. and Europe and has now been identified in more than 25 countries,”said World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on...
What are the symptoms of coronavirus? What can you expect with COVID variants? Fever, fatigue and dry cough; nasal congestion, runny nose and sore throat; diarrhea; and shortness of breath are signs of infection.