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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,” is another new variant making headlines. As coronavirus cases ...
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 ...
“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 ...
A study of samples collected in Manaus between November 2020 and January 2021, indicated that the Gamma variant is 1.4–2.2 times more transmissible and was shown to be capable of evading 25–61% of inherited immunity from previous coronavirus diseases, leading to the possibility of reinfection after recovery from an earlier COVID-19 ...
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 ...
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.
Nearly all COVID-19 cases in the United States right now are being caused by one, highly contagious variant called JN.1. The fast-spreading omicron subvariant currently accounts for over 93% of ...
The variants EG.5 and BA.2.86 are circulating, and more could emerge this fall and winter. Here are the most common symptoms and how to protect yourself.