COVID-19 is remains a public health concern five years after the start of the pandemic. What to know about vaccines, variants ...

A new COVID-19 variant is emerging globally and infectious disease experts warn it’s not to be underestimated. On May 23, the ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN) is closely monitoring the emergence of a newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variant, NB.1.8.1, a ...

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

NB.1.8.1 is a descendant of the Omicron family. Like other Omicron sub-variants, NB.1.8.1 appears to be highly transmissible.

The pathogen detected in the virus is closely linked to MERS, an extremely lethal virus that can kill upto a third of its ...

The WHO said: "Despite a concurrent increase in cases and hospitalisations in some countries where NB.1.8.1 is widespread, ...

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

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 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 ...

The new NB.1.8.1 variant arrives as the United States’ official stance on coronavirus vaccination is changing.

India is seeing a rise in Covid-19 cases due to new virus sub-lineages. Top Indian biologist says these variants are less ...