The delta coronavirus variant likely will become predominant in the U.S. within weeks, according to an analysis published June 21 by preprint server medRxiv. The variant, first identified in India, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...

The delta variant is fueling the COVID-19 surge in the United States, but experts warn that a more dangerous variant could emerge if more Americans don't get vaccinated. Delta is the most recent of ...

Differing strains of the coronavirus continue to appear around the world and a new COVID-19 variant, the so-called "Delta" variant, has health experts concerned. The variant, otherwise known as B.1617 ...

The alpha variant has been the most prevalent lineage of the novel coronavirus in the United States since April, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects that is no longer the ...

The coronavirus has come a long way since 2020. While the days of sanitizing Amazon packages and standing six feet apart may feel like they’re behind us (and they very well may be), the SARS-Co-V-2 ...

While the delta COVID-19 variant is the dominant strain in the U.S., it’s now officially the dominant strain worldwide “by far,” officials from the World Health Organization said during a Sept. 21 ...