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

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 ...

A highly transmissible COVID-19 variant behind a rise in cases in China has made its way to the United States, and now ...

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

Several countries, including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and specific regions of the United States, are experiencing ...

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

While a new, highly infectious COVID-19 variant wends its way through California, the FDA said it would change vaccine ...

New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 detected at US airports from travelers from China, Asia and Europe amid rising hospitalizations in ...

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