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Jan 8, 2024 · January 8, 2024. 6 min read. What to Know about the New COVID Variant JN.1. A new variant of the COVID-causing virus SARS-CoV-2 is behind the latest surge in infections this winter, but...
Sep 1, 2023 · In 2023, a new Omicron strain called EG.5 (nicknamed “Eris”) is the dominant strain in the U.S., and experts are monitoring another new strain called BA.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”). How contagious is it? Omicron’s subvariants are considered to be especially efficient spreaders of the disease.
Jan 31, 2024 · It is a close relative of BA.2.86 (informally referred to as “Pirola”), a lineage of the Omicron variant that the CDC has been tracking since August. (While the Omicron variant, which first took hold in the U.S. in 2021, has had multiple descendants, the original strain is no longer in circulation.)
Dec 27, 2023 · On Dec. 18, the World Health Organization named it as the latest “variant of interest,” meaning it has genetic changes that give it an advantage and that its prevalence is growing globally.
Jun 14, 2022 · First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021, the Omicron variant quickly surged to global dominance, faster than any previously known form of the coronavirus. Over the winter,...
Sep 13, 2023 · Rob Stein. , Jane Greenhalgh. 16-Minute Listen. Enlarge this image. Experts say the new COVID boosters are a much closer match to currently circulating variants than prior vaccines and...
Apr 8, 2022 · Alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are classified as variants of concern. A variant of high consequence is a variant for which current vaccines do not offer protection. As of now, there are no SARS-CoV-2 variants of high consequence. Will the COVID-19 vaccines and boosters work on the new variants?
