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The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.3 and KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss transmission, symptoms, and vaccines.
As fun as the name sounds, FLiRT is not the official designation for the dominant COVID-19 variant. That is actually a cheeky nickname for a whole family of different variants (any that start with ...
KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the new XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers for Disease Control ...
KP.3 is the most common COVID-19 variant in the U.S. right now. This strain descended from JN.1, which was the dominant variant this winter. Doctors do not expect it to cause more severe illness.
But the virus has changed over time—and so have COVID symptoms. The EG.5 variant (dubbed “Eris” ) now makes up more than 20% of new COVID cases in the U.S., and BA.2.86, nicknamed “Pirola ...
As we move into the thick of respiratory virus season, there’s a new COVID-19 variant to keep your eye on: HV.1. Cases of this variant are increasing at a rapid pace in the U.S., and it seems to ...
LB.1 is the third-leading COVID-19 variant in the U.S. right now, trailing close behind the dominant KP.3 and KP.2, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
“Variants that can infect people better or evade immunity to the last variant are more likely to cause a new COVID wave,” Peter Kasson, M.D., Ph.D., B.S., of the University of Virginia’s ...