A new COVID-19 variant named "Nimbus" has been detected in the U.S. and is spreading rapidly. Here's what to know about ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

A new Covid-19 variant, Stratus (XFG or XFG.3), also known as “Frankenstein” due to its recombinant nature, has been ...

Scientists are currently studying how well people are protected against severe disease from XFG. Researchers conducted lab ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detected a new set of COVID-19 variants nicknamed FLiRT in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the agency.. From April 28 through May ...

NB.1.8.1 is one of the latest variants of COVID-19, a "slightly upgraded version" of the LP.8.1 variant that is prominent ...

A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney ...

New coronavirus variants are an urgent threat. Here’s what you need to know Paramedics return from delivering a patient at the emergency room at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood on Jan. 21.

Scientists are closely watching the new COVID-19 variants and strains that have emerged in the United Kingdom, South African and Brazil.

Though he acknowledged that the new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will pose challenges, he doesn’t consider them game changers.

Variant strains of coronavirus have been turning up across the US, including new types seen first in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Here’s what we know about them.

COVID-19 variants are originating in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. ... With the new variant, called B.1.1.7, roughly 13 or 14 people are dying, he said, ...