New COVID Variant: In 2019, the world saw the emergence of the deadliest virus outbreak SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19.

More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes ...

A new set of COVID-19 variants, nicknamed FLiRT, has been detected in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From April 14 through April 27, ...

New coronavirus variants dubbed “FLiRT” are circulating the world and growing dominant in the U.S., and although cases and deaths are on a decline, some experts worry these variants may cause a summer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Mutating virus variant and cell mutation variants as a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detected a new set of COVID-19 variants nicknamed FLiRT in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the agency. From April 28 through May 11, ...

Disease experts anticipate a small uptick in Covid cases this summer, as a new variant spreads. The KP.2 variant represents 28% of Covid infections in the U.S., up from just 6% in mid-April, according ...

Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a worldwide threat. The emergence of the BA.2.86 variant, a subvariant of Omicron, has raised significant ...

As COVID-19 activity remains high across the United States, a new hybrid variant called XEC is spreading rapidly in Europe and other parts of the world. The XEC variant has been detected in at least ...