A new COVID-19 variant is emerging globally and infectious disease experts warn it’s not to be underestimated. On May 23, the ...

COVID-19 is remains a public health concern five years after the start of the pandemic. What to know about vaccines, variants ...

NB.1.8.1 is a descendant of the Omicron family. Like other Omicron sub-variants, NB.1.8.1 appears to be highly transmissible.

Less than 20 cases of the new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, had been reported in the U.S., as of Tuesday, May 27.

The pathogen detected in the virus is closely linked to MERS, an extremely lethal virus that can kill upto a third of its ...

In mainland China, the portion of patients going to the ER with COVID has more than doubled in the last month.

Preliminary data from researchers in China suggest the NB.1.8.1 variant is not better at evading the immune system compared ...

Symptoms appear to be similar to other variants of COVID-19 and the public health risk remains low, WHO information shows.

While the WHO points out that NB.1.8.1 is “growing rapidly compared to co-circulating variants,” the agency also notes that ...

As the Trump administration moves to limit COVID booster vaccines for some, here's what to know about the latest variant NB.1 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a spike in cases in China. A CDC spokesperson ...