More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of ...
Experts are closely watching KP.2, now the leading variant. By Dani Blum For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the ...
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A group of new COVID-19 variants dubbed “FLiRT” have been on the rise in the United States.The ...
The virus behind COVID has mutated again, this time producing variants nicknamed FLiRT, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are part of a group sometimes called “FLiRT” variants and serve as a reminder that the ...
A new series of COVID variants, nicknamed the "FLiRT" variants, are being tracked by U.S. health officials, according to the ...
Within the FLiRT family, one variant in particular has risen to prominence: KP.2, which accounted for about 25% of new ...
As has often been the case throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC is implementing this policy shift during a lull ...
FLiRT variants KP.1.1 and KP.2 are omicron variants that may be better at evading the immune system due to spike protein mutations.
In some people, COVID-19 vaccines can lead to heart complications called myocarditis and pericarditis. Myocarditis is the swelling, also called inflammation, of the heart muscle. Pericarditis is the ...
You are up to date when you get 1 updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine. Children Who Are Not Vaccinated: Children aged 6 months–4 years should get two or three doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine ...