The new Mu variant of the novel coronavirus is more than seven times more resistant to antibodies created by vaccinations than the original strain of the virus, a study by a Japanese research team has ...

Ever since the origin of the new strain of the coronavirus, about one-and-a-half-year ago, the virus has mutated several times. First Alpha, then Delta, Lambda and now researchers have come across a ...

(NEXSTAR) – The World Health Organization has identified another coronavirus variant that may have the ability to evade vaccine protections. The B.1.621 variant, also known as the “mu” variant, was ...

Japan has confirmed its first cases of the Mu variant of the novel coronavirus, according to the health ministry. It said Sept. 1 that the variant, which emerged in Colombia, was detected in two ...

This electron microscope photo provided by Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases shows the coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases) TOKYO -- Two cases ...