The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.

A highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is spreading in the United States, CDC data show.

In other developments, the ECDC today reported a slow rise in COVID activity in the Europe, which may partly reflect waning ...

NB.1.8.1 — a new COVID-19 variant tied to a surge in China — now accounts for around 37% of cases in the U.S., according to variant proportion estimates from the CDC. Four notes: ...

Since the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorized in December 2020, more than 672 million doses have been administered in the ...

Vaccine makers will have to run large new trials before updated shots can be approved for everyone who is not at a higher-than-average risk.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or “Nimbus,” that has spread across Europe, the Americas and the Western Pacific.

NB.1.8.1, a new COVID-19 variant that has caused concern among WHO officials, is now spreading in America, according to CDC ...

A new COVID variant - NB 1.8.1 - is in New Jersey. Parents can take steps to protect their children from COVID this summer.

The CDC estimates that 37 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. stem from the NB.1.8.1 variant, while 38 percent are a result from an infection of the LP.8.1 strain of the disease. At the end of ...