SAN FRANCISCO -- A new variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading through the UK and other countries has not yet been detected in the United States, according to the CDC. But that doesn't mean ...

Scripps professor Sumit Chanda says improving coronavirus care is especially important to get ahead of any future mutations ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, researchers say it is important to track how the coronavirus mutates because it could affect the efficacy of a vaccine. Like all living cells, viruses evolve their ...

TAMPA, Fla. — “We know there’s a new variant,” said Dr. Nkem Uzo with AdventHealth. FLiRT variants make up a new group of COVID-19 mutations that are offshoots of the JN.1 variant, which has been the ...

Medical experts say the new COVID-19 mutation dubbed “kraken” is the most contagious subvariant of the virus to emerge since the pandemic began — and it’s becoming the dominant strain in the United ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge, a new study is giving insight into how COVID-19 surveillance programs can be used to design more effective annual vaccine boosters. "Now ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...

DEBORAH: KIM DACEY JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. KIM: RESEARCHERS ARE AMAZED AT HOW QUICKLY THIS NEW BOOSTER SHOT WAS DEVELOPED. AND THEY SAY IT IS COMING AT A GREAT TIME, HOPEFULLY ...

New Yorkers may have a new reason to loathe rats. Researchers investigating mysterious COVID-19 mutations found signs of the virus in the city’s massive rat population — sparking concerns the disease ...

For the first time during a global outbreak, scientists have been able to use genomic data in real time to track how a virus is traveling around the world, revealing sources of outbreaks and shedding ...