The latest, highly contagious subvariants are driving infections, but new vaccines may help stem the tide of another wave — ...

COVID vaccines have unquestionably made a huge difference during this pandemic. For example, it's estimated COVID shots have ...

Quantum mechanical modeling allowed the team to develop an initial set of predictions about the role of mutations on infectivity and immune response evasion of Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the latest Omicron subvariants KP.1, KP.2, and KP.3, had accounted for most cases by the first week of August. KP.1 and KP.2 are members of a ...

The complex and ever-evolving immunity landscape associated with SARS-CoV-2, combined with immune evasion by omicron ...

SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 Is Less Resistant to Vaccine, but May Be a Problem in the Lung Jan. 8, 2024 — New research shows that the recently emerged BA.2.86 omicron subvariant of the virus that causes ...

Another variant, more cases, different symptoms. After several particularly intense summer waves, Covid continues to mutate, ...

2 variant – a member of the omicron family that rose to prominence over the summer. The Novavax vaccine, which is based on an older technology, targets an earlier strain of the virus called JN.1 ...

"Recent research shows that JN.1 is very efficient at immune evasion (even more so than other Omicron variants), resulting in an increased reproductive number." They added: "Vaccination is still ...

2-adapted vaccine generates a substantially improved response against currently circulating Omicron JN.1 sublineages, including KP.2, KP.3 and LB.1, compared with the companies’ Omicron XBB.1.5 ...