(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 ...

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 States. The ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- As long as there is on-going COVID-19 transmission somewhere in the world, there will be new variants. That's according to infectious disease expert, Dr. Jorge Salinas with ...

The World Health Organization has added the "mu" strain to its list of COVID-19 "variants of interest." The strain, also know as B.1.621, was first documented in Colombia in January 2021 but didn’t ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the mu variant is nowhere near as widespread in the United States as other COVID-19 strains. As of Thursday afternoon, the delta variant ...

Studying the coronavirus variants that have faded away could help us prepare for what comes next, scientists say. By Emily Anthes In early 2021, scientists in Colombia discovered a worrisome new ...

A University of Missouri professor is among those who have successfully identified new early-stage molecules that could be used to combat future coronaviruses. Dr. Dimitri Kireev, a computational ...

As the need for testing and care for those infected with COVID-19 continues to surge amid the omicron variant, nonemergent surgeries are moving back in line. Dr. Laura Hesemann, chief of staff at MU ...