On Friday, the World Health Organization categorized a new strain of COVID-19 that was recently detected in southern Africa as a "variant of concern." The WHO's Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.

A mutated and more infectious coronavirus strain first identified in South Africa is "disturbing" and could pose a threat to antibody treatments that are used to prevent people from falling seriously ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control officials announced Thursday they have detected two cases associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant in South Carolina, ...