Duong BV, Larpruenrudee P, Fang T, et al. Is the SARS CoV-2 Omicron Variant Deadlier and More Transmissible Than Delta Variant? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(8):4586. doi:10.3390 ...

Other, more common COVID symptoms include: A sore throat might be more common in the Omicron variant than in the Delta variant. One longitudinal study of over 63,000 people found a sore throat in ...

Critics of one-size-fits-all vaccination argue the strategy needlessly increases the risk of heart-related inflammation myocarditis and pericarditis because COVID infection cannot truly be prevented, ...

Stacker consulted research from Yale Medical School and the World Health Organization to find how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved ...

The cohort-grouping method is problematic: the highly transmissible delta variant (B.1.617.2) became predominant in the United States over an 8-week period from May through June 2021. 1,2 ...

Therapeutic antibodies are an important alternative option, but resistance has developed owing to the emergence of viral variants. A new paper in Cell reports the development of an antibody with ...

The XEC variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the globe and has recently caused a rise in cases in various countries, ...

The new COVID variant XEC has been found by UK health experts as they prepare for winter, when cases tend to increase. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has highlighted a slight increase in ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is growing in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recent CDC data shows that KP.3.1.1 remains the dominant COVID-19 variant in ...

As has been the pattern over the last few years, a new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Here's what you need to know about the most common COVID-19 variant and the newest one to cause infections.

A new variant, XEC, is emerging in the United States, according to a tracker on the Center for Disease Control's website. The KP.3.1.1 variant, part of the Omicron family, has been the strain ...