Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that vaccinating Americans against Covid is more critical than ever, especially as the new South Africa variant appears to inhibit antibody drugs. "The South Africa variant ...

The current vaccines will still prevent severe illness and hospitalization. Since the emergence of several new COVID-19 variants across the globe, scientists have been racing to understand their ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control officials announced Thursday they have detected two cases associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant in South Carolina, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.

LONDON - Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday. Health ...

The significance of the C.1.2. variant of COVID-19, first discovered in South Africa in May, remains to be seen. A healthcare worker administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination to a woman ...

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The World Health Organization panel is urging folks not to overreact to news of the new COVID-19 variant named "omicron" emerging from South Africa. Several nations moved to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A surge in coronavirus cases has been reported in the Bay Area and across California as well as the country due in part to the emergence of the highly-contagious delta variant.