Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called cicada because of its long incubation period. The BA.3.2 variant was identified in South Africa in November 2024, according ...

A new COVID-19 variant that some have dubbed the "Cicada" variant is quietly spreading across the globe, carrying an unusually high number of mutations that could help it slip past existing immunity, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A newly tracked COVID-19 variant has been detected in New Jersey and is spreading across the United States, according to a CDC ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called the cicada, because of its long incubation period.

A new variant of COVID-19 is buzzing. Its official name is BA.3.2, but it's earned the nickname "cicada" because, analogous to the insect's pattern, it first appeared back in 2024, went dormant for a ...