WHO detects hybrid mpox strain combining clades Ib and IIb and calls for strengthened surveillance amid ongoing global ...

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 ...

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 ...

The newly identified Covid-19 variant, named NB.1.8.1, is spreading rapidly across parts of Asia including India and other regions such as the United States. While the variant has sparked concern due ...

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 ...