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 ...

The highly infectious delta variant has sparked a new wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide in recent months, hampering reopenings and slowing the economic recovery. Now comes word of a new ...

The World Health Organization has added the "mu" strain to its list of COVID-19 "variants of interest." The strain, also know as B.1.621, was first documented in Colombia in January 2021 but didn’t ...

(NewsNation Now) — The World Health Organization has identified another coronavirus variant of interest, calling it the mu variant, saying it may have the ability to evade vaccine protections. The B.1 ...

Mu is the current COVID-19 viral variant of interest getting so much news of late. It is pronounced myoo (or mew?), using the Greek alphabet classification adopted for these mutations of SARS-CoV-2.

(NEXSTAR) — It took just a few weeks for a new COVID variant to rank as the most prominent in the U.S., unseating its fellow ‘FLiRT’ spin-off of the once-dominant Omicron variant. CDC estimates for ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA - The omicron variant of COVID-19 has led to massive spreads of infection across the country. Compared to previous variants, omicron has been infecting people at higher rates. There has also ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 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 ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Mu variant (B.1.621, B.1.621.1) has been tagged as a Variant Being Monitored (VBM), and as of August 30, 2021, it had been detected in ...