COVID is surging again. Here’s the latest on new variants, updated ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 · The latest mutations of SARS-CoV-2 — specifically KP.1, KP.2, KP.3, and their sublineages — accounted for most infections in the United States as of the first week of August, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance.
SARS-CoV-2 - Latest research and news - Nature
WEBAug 21, 2024 · SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Featured. Phenotype and specificity of lung...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Variants of SARS-COV-2
WEBNov 20, 2023 · Since 2020, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been spreading and changing globally. These changes have led to the detection of variants in many countries around the world.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization …
WEBNovel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) From an international health authority. Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
NIH study offers new evidence of early SARS-CoV-2 infections in …
WEBJun 15, 2021 · A new antibody testing study examining samples originally collected through the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in five states earlier than had initially been reported. These findings were published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.The results expand on findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Why a highly mutated coronavirus variant has scientists on alert
WEBAug 21, 2023 · After Omicron appeared, SARS-CoV-2 evolution began to follow a fairly predictable course: successful variants emerged from circulating lineages after gaining a few key mutations that...
A comprehensive map of the SARS-CoV-2 genome - MIT News
WEBMay 11, 2021 · MIT researchers have determined the virus’ protein-coding gene set and analyzed new mutations’ likelihood of helping the virus adapt. MIT researchers generated what they describe as the most complete gene annotation of the SARS-CoV-2 genome.
First encounter with SARS-CoV-2: immune portraits of COVID
WEBJun 19, 2024 · Controlled infection with SARS-CoV-2 of people who hadn’t previously been exposed to the virus reveals how molecular and cellular signatures of the immune response portend effective defence...
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant - Wikipedia
WEBOmicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. [10] [11] It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. [12]Following the original B.1.1.529 variant, several subvariants of Omicron have emerged ...