Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called the cicada, because of its long incubation period.

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NORFOLK, Va. — Health officials are warning the public about a newly detected COVID-19 strain that has been identified in multiple states nationwide, including Virginia. Some experts are calling the ...

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BA.3.2, a heavily mutated new COVID-19 variant which may be better able to escape immunity from vaccines or prior infection, is now spreading in the United States. Although COVID cases are currently ...

A COVID-19 variant that spent years virtually undetected has now drawn the attention of health agencies on multiple continents, and health officials are watching it closely as case numbers rise in ...

A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines. The variant, known as BA.3.2, has been detected in nasal swabs taken from four American ...

In recent weeks, the omicron variant has exploded in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Its disproportionate and sometimes devastating impacts on the unvaccinated — and the possibility of new ...