The "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants are a new group of strains circulating in the United States, which now account for over one in ...
For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of COVID-19 cases. But now an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. The variant, which made up ...
There’s a new group of Covid-19 variants within the Omicron JN.1 lineage “which have demonstrated increased transmissibility and immune resistance”. Detected in the United States, this variant group ...
What are the KP.1 and KP.2 strains? Are they more infectious and are current vaccines effective against newer variants of ...
From April 14 through April 27, the variant, labeled KP.2, makes up about 25% of the cases in the United States, according to the CDC. That makes it the new dominant variant in the country ...
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 ...
In years past, summer travel and gatherings have spurred surges in coronavirus infections. As immunity wanes for those who ...
First detected in January, KP.2 - an Omicron offshoot - has been spreading globally and has become the dominant strain in the ...
On Wednesday, China’s Health authorities said that the variant is unlikely to trigger a new infection wave in the country. An ...
Singapore’s weekly case count has nearly doubled with KP.1 and KP.2, the new ‘FLiRT’ variants, now accounting for over ...