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SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve (even if they are no longer making headlines.) In August, researchers detected a new SARS-CoV-2 “variant of concern” in patients, first in Israel and Denmark.

A team of scientists in Japan has recently conducted a study to investigate virological characteristics of the JN.1 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The study ...

The COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, and as society is still recovering, scientists and researchers are trying to stay on top of the multiple variants emerging. Although the pandemic occurred four ...

New research from UNC Charlotte's Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER) has found that the two most prevalent strains of the virus that cause ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, with a new variant becoming predominant in the United States. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the ...

Researchers from Japan findings indicate that JN.1 has a higher ability to spread than some prevalent variants like BA.2.86.1 and HK.3, potentially making it the dominant strain globally. Since ...

Scientists decipher how the antibody response of our immune system reacts to a coronavirus infection and prepares for future infections. Although SARS-CoV-2 is no longer a stranger to the immune ...

A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is rising to prominence in the U.S. as winter illness season approaches its peak: JN.1, yet another descendent of Omicron. JN.1 was first detected in ...

Authors propose enhancing awareness of risks, close genomic surveillance and early diagnostic tests for symptomatic contacts as part of clinical management of these patients. *Please mention the ...