A highly contagious flu mutation called subclade K is sweeping the nation, raising health concerns about vaccine ...

Cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, have tripled in two weeks, comprising between 5% and 15% of all infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

There is at present nothing to suggest that the symptoms of the newly emerging JN.1 variant of COVID-19 are any different to other strains circulating among the population, the Centers for Disease ...

COVID-19 variant XFG is spreading across the U.S., becoming the third most common strain. XFG is a combination of variants F.7 and LP.8.1.2 and may be less contagious than other dominant variants.

As the summer travel season picks up, COVID cases and hospitalizations are rising in Los Angeles County — and some of those recently reinfected are finding their latest bout to be the worst yet. There ...

People with rare genetic variants that are linked to Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders have a higher risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou ...

In just four weeks time, NB.1.8.1 has shot up the list of variants to be worried about, according to a new WHO report. Reading time 3 minutes A new variant of covid-19, NB.1.8.1, is stirring up ...

Post-pandemic amnesia is a natural reaction, and it’s common for misremembering to occur after a pandemic or collective traumatic event occurs. Yet the reality is that SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing ...

Richard Orton receives funding from the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust Wilhelm Furnon receives funding from the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. A new COVID variant is ...