Explainer: Delta dominates the world, but scientists watch for worrisome offspringDelta is more than two times as contagious as previous SARS-CoV-2 variants, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
How Delta, Kappa variants of Covid evade immune systemthe Delta, Kappa, and Delta Plus variants reduce virus neutralising potency from vaccine-induced antibodies.
Increased infectivity, ability to escape immunity drove Delta variant: StudyThe B.1.617.2 or Delta variant was first observed in India in late 2020. It has since spread around the globe.
What's the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?If Mu was truly a really bad variant, we would have expected to have started to see indications of this, and we haven't yet.
Delta Airlines asks employees to get vaccinated or pay $200 per monthThe airline says the policy is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs it $50,000.
Delta Air Lines will make unvaccinated employees pay chargeThe airline said Wednesday that it also will stop extending pay protection to unvaccinated workers who contract COVID-19 on Sept. 30, and w...
How will Covid-19 variant Delta evolve? Here's what the theory tells usEvolution is a result of random mutations (or errors) in the viral genome when it replicates. A few of these random mutations will be good ...
'Delta on steroids': What scientists say about next Covid variantThe world is in a very "dangerous period" of the Covid-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuin...
Vaccinated people may spread the coronavirus, though rarely, reports the American CDCThe vaccines remain powerfully effective against severe illness and death, and the agency said infections in vaccinated people were compara...
Delta variant may be as infectious as chickenpox, cause more severe infection, shows studyDelta is more transmissible than the virus that cause the common cold.
CDC internal report calls Delta variant as contagious as chickenpoxThe agency’s new masking guidelines for vaccinated people, introduced Tuesday, were based on the information presented in the document. The...
Is the Delta variant defeating us? Here's why this coronavirus strain makes contact tracing so much harderDelta is the most contagious of all variants known.
How does the Delta variant dodge the immune system? Scientists find cluesThe variant, first identified in India, is believed to be about 60% more contagious than Alpha, the version of the virus that thrashed Brit...
Norway delays full reopening over delta variantMeasures that will remain include bars and restaurants being limited to table service and limits of 20 people on gatherings in private home...
Delta variant shows 8-fold sensitivity to vaccine elicited antibodies: StudyAs per the study, the variant is less sensitive to neutralising antibodies from recovered individuals, with higher replication efficiency a...
View: Delta+ calls for caution, not panic. Viruses mutate, but its spike protein & antigens are being pounded by vaccinesDesignation of the newly emerged Delta-plus as a “variant of concern” has triggered a debate on implications for viral transmission and vac...
France tackles coronavirus variants as it readies for touristsHealth Minister Olivier Veran said Sunday that France has multiple clusters of the variant, first identified in India and believed to be fu...