Experts say LP.8.1’s symptoms align with those of other circulating strains, showing no heightened severity, suggesting it ...

The latest variant on the rise is LP.8.1. It’s increasing in Australia, making up close to one in five COVID cases in New ...

LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024. It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3, which is descended from JN.1, a subvariant that caused large waves of COVID infections around the world ...

Analysis - More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we're still facing the regular emergence of new variants ...

So far this year, Australia has recorded close to 45,000 new COVID-19 cases, while around 260 people are currently in ...

COVID-19 as a whole is still a major national and international health concern. So far this year, there have been close to 45 ...

US. They provide convincing evidence to support their conclusion that using the whole genome, rather than previous use of two surface proteins, enhances our understanding of strain-specific vaccine ...