Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated ...

Cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, have tripled in two weeks, comprising between 5% and 15% of all infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Cases of the highly mutated BA.2.86 strain have tripled in the U.S. in recent weeks, but severe illness remains low. The COVID-19 variant Pirola, also known as BA.2.86, is being carefully monitored by ...

COVID-19 cases in Florida continue to remain up as a summer wave sweeps across the country. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has discovered a new COVID-19 variant, BA.2.86, ...

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 for ...

In a recent research paper uploaded to the bioRxiv preprint* server, researchers evaluated the virological characteristics of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) ...

COVID-19 isn’t quite done with the world yet. Small surges of cases in the U.S., as well as upticks in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the summer, and new variants that weren’t around even three months ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The new COVID variant, BA.2.86, first appeared in the United States in August. New lab experiments show it could be less contagious than experts initially thought. “What you ...

The newest COVID-19 variant isn't as scary as it seemed at first and fall booster shots should protect against it and all the other currently circulating variants, new data suggests. In a clinical ...

The newest COVID-19 variant isn't as scary as it seemed at first, and fall booster shots should protect against it and other variants circulating now, new data suggests. In a clinical trial, the ...

Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated ...