The COVID-19 variant picture is shifting again, with one widely circulating strain drawing attention for an unusual symptom.

A G155E-mutated H1N1 strain is driving an early U.S. flu surge. Early data suggest the updated vaccine still offers ...

Sometimes referred to as ‘Stratus’ or the ‘American strain’, the variant first identified in January 2025 has since spread worldwide ...

XFG, dubbed “American COVID,” is spreading globally, with reports linking the variant to a distinctive hoarse or croaky voice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new COVID-19 variant is climbing the ranks in the United States, becoming the third-most common strain of the summer. Variant ...

The World Health Organization recently elevated the risk level for the XFG strain of COVID to ‘variant under monitoring’ as its proportion of global infections continues to increase. Popularly known ...

You do not want to play games here. As always, vaccination is one of the best forms of protection against COVID-19, and ...

Recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that a COVID-19 variant that has been circulating since 2024 is currently the dominant variant in the United States.

A new estimate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that a COVID-19 variant that has been driving cases in China earlier this year is now the No. 1 strain in the United ...

A variant strain of the coronavirus, one that was first discovered in the United Kingdom, is now the dominant strain of the virus circulating throughout the United States, CDC Director Rochelle ...

COVID-19 variant XFG is spreading across the U.S., becoming the third most common strain. XFG is a combination of variants F.7 and LP.8.1.2 and may be less contagious than other dominant variants.

The LB.1 strain is trailing close behind FLuQE and FLiRT as the dominant variant in the country right now, and steadily ...