FLirt Covid 19 Virus: Scientists are studying the FLiRT variants, subvariants of the Omicron lineage, which may be more contagious and evad...

Experts advocate a balanced perspective while dealing with new variants of SARS-CoV-2. Lahariya stressed the importance of continued vigila...

Covid-19 virus variant has reportedly been detected in the US, the UK, Denmark, and Israel. The coronavirus variant is dubbed as BA.2.86 an...

So far, a dozen IHU cases have been reported in Southern France.

However, the researchers noted that it is too early to speculate on how this variant behaves as far as infection and protection from vaccin...

The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S gene drop, resea...

Countless labs handle dangerous pathogens, not always vigilantly, multiplying the chances of leaks by accident or design

"As of May 11, over 4,500 sequences have been uploaded to GISAID and assigned to B.1.617 from 44 countries in all six WHO regions," the glo...

The research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the three fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus first reported in S...

Scientists also emphasised that these mutations do not translate to variants.

The genomic surveillance consortium, INSACOG, has been formed under the leadership of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New D...

More than 40 countries, including India, have banned travel to and from the UK, a move several scientists said was necessary in view of the...