Official COVID-19 case metrics severely undercount the true number of infections, leaving the United States with a critical blind spot as the most transmissible coronavirus variant yet takes hold. The ...
Labs at Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine are gearing up to test the COVID-19 omicron variant against current vaccines and natural immunity to other strains, according to a Nov. 29 ...
With the COVID-19 omicron variant expected to be detected in the U.S. soon, public health labs are ramping up testing efforts and prioritizing sequencing of positive samples with an “s-gene dropout,” ...
A new variant, XEC, is emerging in the United States, according to a tracker on the Center for Disease Control's website. The KP.3.1.1 variant, part of the Omicron family, has been the strain ...
President Biden’s recent positive test for Covid-19 is a sign of a broader trend: Covid cases are on the rise this summer, gauged by rising wastewater measures and an increase in hospitalizations.