The highly contagious delta variant has utterly transformed the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also a major reason why the United States reached a grim new milestone this week: There are now more than 40 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new strain of Covid-19 has been declared a Variant of Interest by the World Health Organisation. The Mu variant, or B.1.621, was first identified in Columbia earlier this year and has now been ...

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 mu variant is the fifth variant strain to earn the title of "variant of interest" from the WHO. Among the other variants tracked by the WHO is the delta variant — a mutant strain proven to be more ...

Another variant of Covid-19 called the ‘Mu’ variant is being watched carefully by health officials. As of last Friday, there were 2,000 cases of the Mu variant in the US, according to the Global ...

(AP) -- What is the mu variant? It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United ...