Driving recent surges in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates are mutations that appear more transmissible, as well as waning immunity from prior infection or vaccination. By mid-September, the Centers for ...

In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, artists, farmers and designers are writing a new chapter in indigo’s rich and tangled history. By Patricia Leigh Brown In Brandon Ndife’s otherworldly ...

Examples of transmissible bird diseases associated with pigeons, geese, starling and house sparrows: Besides being direct carriers of disease, nuisance birds are frequently associated with over 50 ...

"The fact it has happened twice in 18 months, two lineages (Alpha and then Delta) each 50% more transmissible is a phenomenal amount of change." It's "foolish", he thinks, to attempt to put a ...

Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter's dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. The new FLiRT ...

Is clade Ib more transmissible than other types? The clade Ib virus has garnered particular attention because epidemiological data suggest that it transmits more readily between people than ...

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A newer variation of mpox clade 1, called clade 1b, appears to be more transmissible and is now spreading beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo to at least a dozen other countries in Africa ...

The new variant appears to be more transmissible, and is reportedly infecting many people without sexual contact. The emergence of a new mutant strain, or clade, is concerning as it indicates ...

The World Health Organization declared that the mpox outbreaks in Congo and other African nations constitute a global emergency, sounding its most severe warning over the worsening situation.

And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible strain of the virus has killed about 575 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

The figure mentioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson was that the variant may be up to 70% more transmissible. He said this may be increasing the R number - which indicates if an epidemic is ...