HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The World Health Organization has listed "mu", the newest COVID-19 variant, as a 'variant of interest'. Health officials say they are keeping a close eye on it, so we asked Dr ...

(NewsNation) — While COVID-19 isn’t the deadly and dangerous virus it was five years ago, it has still found a way to poke its ugly head into the health world. The latest problem to arise: the variant ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continues to fall, declining from 1,480 on Sunday to 1,463, according to the latest state figures. The number of ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- As long as there is on-going COVID-19 transmission somewhere in the world, there will be new variants. That's according to infectious disease expert, Dr. Jorge Salinas with ...

The mu variant is the fifth variant strain to earn the title of "variant of interest" from the WHO. Among the other variants tracked by the WHO is the delta variant — a mutant strain proven to be more ...

It's called the XFG variant, but it's better known as "Stratus." That's the name of the latest COVID-19 strain going around. Variant XFG, colloquially known as "Stratus," was first detected in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The R1 variant is the new strain of COVID-19 researchers are keeping a close eye on. The CDC identified "multiple spike protein mutations" in this variant. "The R.1 variant does carry ...

A new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1 was first collected in China in January. As of May 27, less than 20 cases of the new variant had been reported in the U.S. Currently approved COVID-19 vaccines ...

(Gray News) - Researchers at the World Health Organization have their eyes on a new coronavirus variant called mu. It was designated as a variant of interest (VOI) this week after first being found in ...