Some of the recent news stories about covid-19 have felt reminiscent of the first two years of the pandemic. Due to a variant called JN.1 – sometimes called Juno – infection rates have been rising in ...

A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make ...

Reputable news organizations such as Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and South African news website News24 debunked the ...

As COVID-19 cases continue rising, JN.1 moves in as the variant accounting for the most cases worldwide. On Dec. 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented JN.1 as a quickly growing ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- On Dec. 31, UCSF'S Dr. Charles Chiu and his colleagues were in a lab when they found what they are calling"L-452R," a California variant of COVID-19. "We actually discovered ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more easily, ...

Covid cases appear to be climbing, according to Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and one particular variant seems to be fueling the virus' spread. JN.1 ...

The arrival of agriculture coincided with a sharp rise in a gene variant that protected against the virus that causes winter vomiting, researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University ...

Influenza surveillance is being heightened in Cedar County after a child there was diagnosed with a “variant” flu virus that differs from seasonal flu.KCRG-TV reports, the H3N2v influenza A strain was ...

The B.1.617 coronavirus variant has been identified in at least 49 countries since emerging in India late last year, reports The New York Times. 1. The B.1.617 coronavirus variant was first identified ...

JN.1 is the latest COVID-19 variant making its rounds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the CDC, JN.1 made up 61.6% of variants circulating in the ...