When the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 surged in December 2021, filling intensive care units in New Jersey and across the U.S., federal regulators gave emergency authorization to the ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, researchers say it is important to track how the coronavirus mutates because it could affect the efficacy of a vaccine. Like all living cells, viruses evolve their ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Editor’s note: The novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has created disruptions in daily life for many people. Schools, restaurants and many organizations have closed or changed the way they do ...

The government on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 announced the detection of the Indian variant of Covid-19 in the country following tests on workers at a sugar firm in Kisumu. The Ministry of Health Acting ...