The first vaccine to be used en masse against COVID-19 will have to contend with D614G, the latest mutation of SARS-CoV-2 Studies reveal D614G as the new dominant starin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...

A localized resurgence of coronavirus infections across the United Kingdom—predominantly concentrated in London—has renewed ...

The XFG strain is now the dominant Covid strain in the UK as cases and hospital admission rise ...

(Reuters) - A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by U.S. researchers. The research may explain why early outbreaks in ...

The XFG variant is not a new, supercharged strain, but rather a recombinant variant that virologists have been tracking ...

An immune-compromised man with a year-and-a-half-long COVID infection served as a breeding ground for dozens of coronavirus mutations, a new study discovered. Worse, several of the mutations were in ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. The number of virus strains present in each zip code in Houston during the second wave ...

A new study provides early evidence that a Covid-19 vaccine might be effective against two new coronavirus strains first identified in South Africa and the UK, despite a concerning mutation. The two ...

If there’s one coronavirus mutation that keeps scientists awake at night, it’s E484K. The mutation was found in both the South African variant (B1351) and the Brazilian variant (P1), but not in the UK ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, researchers say it is important to track how the coronavirus mutates because it could affect the efficacy of a vaccine. Like all living cells, viruses evolve their ...

A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. According ...