President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to "immediately and urgently" reverse scientifically "unjustified" ...

A new, highly mutated Covid variant is quietly spreading across the US, prompting the CDC to take notice. The variant, known as BA.3.2, first appeared in South Africa in November 2024 and scientists ...

Belgium said Friday it has detected the first announced case in Europe of the new COVID-19 variant, in an unvaccinated person returning from abroad. “We have a case that is now confirmed of this ...

There's no need to panic. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reiterates Prof Tulio De Oliviera's warnings about the new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, dubbed "Cicada" is circulating. A new variant of the virus that causes ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time. Two such cases have been diagnosed in South Carolina, according to the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Worried scientists in South Africa are scrambling to combat the lightning spread across the country of the new and highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant as the world ...

In a statement released Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) announced that they had received notification from the CDC Wednesday that confirmed two ...

Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine's lead researcher said Sunday. Health officials in ...