While the latest variant, called Cicada, carries more mutations, it’s still part of the Omicron family that emerged in 2021.

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, ...

A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across ...

Vaccines may be less effective against it ...

A new paper in Genome Biology and Evolution, indicates that while the COVID-19 virus has developed rapidly since 2019, it has done so within limited genetic channels. These genetic limits have ...

Early in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists predicted the coronavirus would mutate slowly. They were wrong. Hundreds of thousands of viral mutations and multiple seasonal waves later, ...

Infection levels are still low in the country, but the highly mutated variant might be able to evade your body’s immune ...

Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating across the U.S. in 2026. How ...

Here's what to know about "Cicada," or variant BA.3.2: ...

Experts warn the virus could impact those more who have had COVID in the past or have not been vaccinated ...

MPR News guest host Kelly Gordon talked with an infectious disease physician about how the COVID virus is changing, the latest testing guidelines, and how you can best protect yourself and others.