A fresh coronavirus strain that is quickly gaining traction abroad has been detected in New York and other parts of the ...

In mainland China, the portion of patients going to the ER with COVID has more than doubled in the last month.

The CDC has confirmed the new COVID-19 strain NB.1.8.1 in the U.S., with a low case count despite its spread in China.

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

By mid-May, the new COVID variant accounted for nearly 11% of sequenced samples globally. The WHO has labeled it a "variant under monitoring" and assesses the public health risk as low, with current ...

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

A new, highly infectious COVID-19 strain that has led to a spike in hospitalisation in China has now been detected in the US, ...

A case of NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a COVID surge in China, was detected at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern ...

A new strain of COVID-19 gaining traction overseas is now being detected in the United States, according to health officials ...

Concern about the new strain comes as New York continues to report increases in COVID-19 hospital admissions and surging levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater in many parts of the state.

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 ...