With the Delta variant in play, federal health officials are analyzing the latest numbers to look at the frequency and seriousness of COVID-19 breakthrough infections. Will we need booster shots? And ...
The US has done an about-face on its approach to the coronavirus pandemic this week. Masks are back, vaccine mandates are looming, and officials are sounding more worried than they have in months.
While the delta COVID-19 variant is the dominant strain in the U.S., it’s now officially the dominant strain worldwide “by far,” officials from the World Health Organization said during a Sept. 21 ...
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 coronavirus has come a long way since 2020. While the days of sanitizing Amazon packages and standing six feet apart may feel like they’re behind us (and they very well may be), the SARS-Co-V-2 ...
"It's the biggest experiment that's ever happened." In a stunningly short period of time, the delta variant has changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic by evolving to become more transmissible ...
The delta coronavirus variant surging across the United States appears to cause more severe illness and spread as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal document from the US Centers for ...
WASHINGTON - In a press briefing Friday, the head of the WHO said the delta variant is "quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries," and thus, the world is in a "very dangerous period" of ...
The variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus called delta continues to spread rapidly across many parts of the world. What do we know about this variant so far? Share on Pinterest What do scientists know about ...
A blue gloved hand in the lab holding tubes of blood identified with the label COVID-19 New Variant. The COVID-19 pandemic was the third leading cause of death globally in 2020 and the second in 2021, ...
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether trypsin, a protease, increased severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectivity. In addition ...
The coronavirus has come a long way since 2020. While the days of sanitizing Amazon packages and standing six feet apart may feel like they’re behind us (and they very well may be), the SARS-Co-V-2 ...