A global study has found strong evidence that a new form of the coronavirus has spread from Europe to the US. The new mutation makes the virus more likely to infect people but does not seem to make ...

A ferocious surge of flu cases is linked in part to a variant that has not been dominant in the past few years — resulting in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Preliminary data out of South Africa is giving the world insight into how strong omicron really is. The South African Medical Research Council just reported this variant may ...

Four theories could explain the variants' ability to jump from person to person. In recent months, new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been popping up all over the world, and experts ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.

COMPANY PROMOTED AND MONITORED OPIOIDS. RIGHT NOW, AT 446 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH, AND THERE IS A NEW VARIANT OF THE FLU VIRUS THAT’S CREATING AN EARLY SURGE OF ...

Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The strain accounts for about 90% of flu cases.

Influenza cases are down across the United States, but a new flu strain mutation identified in August is causing a spike in hospitalizations.