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 ...
Watch the latest from ITV News - A new variant of Covid - called Eris - has rapidly spread across the UK. But how serious are the symptoms and should we be concerned?
[00:59.44]He said the variant contains a mutation in the spike protein, [01:05.64]the part of the virus that attaches to human cells. [01:10.48]The spike protein is targeted by existing vaccines. [01:16.40]The mut...
What we know about the COVID variant found in the US A man in Colorado has the first known case of a COVID-19 variant that appears to be more easily passed between people than the original version.o BERKELEY, Calif. - Health officials in California say the state lab and other labs ...
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...
Other data suggest that variant is more contagious than the original strain, producing a viral load twice as high as others. Will vaccines work on it? In the lab, researchers found that antibodies from the blood of those who had recovered from COVID-19 were less effective at blockin...
"What we have noticed, more recently," Chan says, particularly with the delta variant surge, "is there may be a greater number of people presenting with symptoms like runny nose, sore throat, fever and cough." Next:Fatigue 4/15 Credit Fatigue Fatigue can be an early symptom of COVID-19...
After genome sequencing of over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in India, researchers have discovered a new variant with two new mutations which may be better at evading the immune system.
New changes are coming for residents of Washington, D.C., and New York state as the Omicron variant continues to surge. In Washington, D.C. some businesses will require proof of vaccination. In New York, an eviction moratorium expires, potentially putting thousands of...