Since the CDC limits data reporting on breakthrough COVID-19 infections — those occurring among fully vaccinated people — to those that cause severe disease, mild or asymptomatic infections caused by ...

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 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 ...

Some Americans who received the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this year are hearing surprising and relatively rare news: They’ve tested positive for the coronavirus. These so-called breakthrough cases are ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When comparing omicron vs. delta variants, omicron has 53% less risk of hospitalization and 91% less risk of death, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky revealed on Wednesday.

The proportion was estimated at approximately 3% in late May. A highly contagious variant of the novel coronavirus that was initially identified in India now accounts for about 58% of all COVID-19 ...

HACKENSACK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Eyewitness News got an inside look at Hackensack University Medical Center's lab at the Center for Discovery and Innovation. Scientists there are working hard to ...

A blue gloved hand in the lab holding tubes of blood identified with the label COVID-19 New Variant. The COVID-19 pandemic was the third leading cause of death globally in 2020 and the second in 2021, ...

While the Biden administration plays for time, some lawmakers believe sanctions would be the faster route to establishing whether the origin of covid-19 was a lab-leak in Wuhan, China. Image: Roman ...