Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated ...

Cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, have tripled in two weeks, comprising between 5% and 15% of all infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

In a recent research paper uploaded to the bioRxiv preprint* server, researchers evaluated the virological characteristics of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) ...

A COVID-19 variant once considered rare has tripled in U.S. cases in the past two weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mutated strain, called BA.2.86, accounts for ...

Cases of the highly mutated BA.2.86 strain have tripled in the U.S. in recent weeks, but severe illness remains low. The COVID-19 variant Pirola, also known as BA.2.86, is being carefully monitored by ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers investigated the receptor affinity and antigenicity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BA.2.86. The ...

The World Health Organization has notched up the status of the coronavirus strain BA.2.86 and its offshoots, naming it a “variant of interest,” although the organization says the current risk from ...

Cases of COVID-19 continue to spike, with the frequency of some variants rising quickly. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Nowcast variant tracker posted on Nov. 27 shows that the ...

COVID infections in the county have risen 40% in the last two weeks, data shows. COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States.

Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated ...