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2 days ago · May 29, 2024. The so-called ‘FLiRT’ variants are dominant in the United States and appear to be gaining traction in Australia. Here’s the information we have so far. The Conversation — We’ve now been living with COVID-19 for well over 4 years. Although there’s still much to learn about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) at ...
3 days ago · Methods. This tracker provides the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as the rate of daily COVID-19 cases and deaths by country, income, region, and...
2 days ago · Between April 1 and May 28 sampling showed JN.1 as the predominant variant, circulating at 21%, JN.1.4.3 circulating at 12.5% and KP.3 circulating at 7%, Phares said.
3 days ago · Weekly COVID-19 Variant Surveillance Reports, 2023. The COVID-19 Variant Surveillance Report includes the cumulative summary of all sequencing results reported by commercial labs and the Public Health and Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) that have been submitted for surveillance purposes.
2 days ago · Published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study found that COVID-19 boosters targeting the XBB.1.5 subvariants were most effective one month after receiving one. After four weeks ...
2 days ago · For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of COVID-19 cases. But now an offshoot variant called KP.2 is taking off. Thousands believe COVID ...
4 days ago · Sequencing of these subvariants revealed a number of new mutations in the virus’ spike protein, including F456L, V1104L and R346T. The name FLiRT was coined by combining the letters in these mutations. The spike protein is a crucial protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 that gives the virus its spiky shape and which it uses to attach to our cells.