About 1 in 10 cases of COVID-19 nationwide is caused by an emerging coronavirus strain, XBB.1.16. The World Health Organization has elevated this strain of omicron to one of two "circulating variants ...

Since the pandemic began more than three years ago, numerous variants have emerged as the virus that causes COVID-19 evolved. As the COVID public health emergency ends, case numbers drop and concerns ...

Guess what? There’s yet another Covid-19 coronavirus variant spreading around the world and in the U.S. This one has the oh-so-easy-to-remember name XBB.1.16 because when has the name of another ...

A new COVID variant Arcturus has caused a huge uptick in infections in India. (Reuters) Five people in England have died from the new COVID variant dubbed Arcturus, the UK Health Security Agency ...

The new omicron variant XBB.1.16, better known as arcturus, is now responsible for about 14% of new Covid cases, per the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's ...