The landscape of COVID-19 research continues to evolve as scientists uncover new insights about SARS-CoV-2 variants and their impact on vaccine effectiveness. This ongoing scientific journey reveals ...
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 ...
COVID-19 viral activity was high in the United States during the first week of September, according to fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some regions of the United States ...
The CDC is now aiming to sequence 7,000 coronavirus samples per week to detect new variants, marking a large boost from the 251 samples sequenced during the week of Jan. 10, The New York Times ...
New COVID-19 variant XFG has firmly positioned itself as the predominant strain in the United States as cases continue to crop up nationwide. Some regions of the U.S. are experiencing higher rates of ...
A new COVID-19 variant is climbing the ranks in the United States, becoming the third-most common strain of the summer. Variant XFG, colloquially known as "Stratus," was first detected in Southeast ...
There are an increasing number of states across the U.S. where "very high" levels of the virus that causes COVID-19 are present in wastewater. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...