Symptoms appear to be similar to other variants of COVID-19 and the public health risk remains low, WHO information shows.

A new COVID-19 strain linked to a spike in cases in China has been detected in the U.S., but the CDC says it has seen so few ...

Preliminary data from researchers in China suggest the NB.1.8.1 variant is not better at evading the immune system compared ...

Doctors say the new variant appears to be more contagious than other variants but doesn't cause more severe illness.

A new Covid-19 variant, NB.1.81, initially detected in international travelers, has surfaced in the US, raising concerns ...

Several cases of the new COVID-19 variant-- which has been linked to a large surge of viral infection in China-- have been detected at US airports, according to Centers for Disease Control and ...

While the WHO points out that NB.1.8.1 is “growing rapidly compared to co-circulating variants,” the agency also notes that ...

A new and highly contagious strain of COVID-19, known as NB.1.8.1 ... Before appearing in the U.S., this variant was responsible for a surge in hospitalizations across China.