Preliminary testing of wastewater in the United States has detected the new highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86, according to a risk assessment posted Wednesday by the US Centers for ...

A COVID-19 variant once considered rare has tripled in U.S. cases in the past two weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mutated strain, called BA.2.86, accounts ...

At the same time, the BA.2.86 variant was about 60% less infectious than XBB.1.5 viruses, something that experts think could explain why it has been found in so many different countries, ...

Cases of omicron BA.2 have been reported in at least four states – California, New Mexico, Texas and Washington – and on three other continents. The newer variant, like the original omicron ...

Cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.2.86 have tripled in two weeks, comprising between 5% and 15% of all infections, according to the CDC. A doctor weighs in on the risk.

These new variants, called BA.2.12.1 and BA.2.12, are picking up steam. And BA.2.12.1 is now responsible for an estimated 20% of all COVID-19 cases in the country, NBC News reported .

Public health officials around the world say they're keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant that has surfaced in four countries. Called BA.2.86, aka Pirola, the variant has a lot of mutations ...

A man holding up a COVID-19 test. The CDC has issued a warning about new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86. Daria Nipot/Getty. There have been numerous variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus so far, including ...

The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding she was concerned about the development because samples of ...

BA.2.12.1, first identified in New York, now accounts for 70 percent of new cases in Massachusetts, according to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

New COVID Variant: In 2019, the world saw the emergence of the deadliest virus outbreak SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19.This deadly virus evaded the human immune system, targeting the ...