The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has detected a new set of COVID-19 variants nicknamed FLiRT in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the agency. From April 28 through May ...
A group of COVID-19 variants nicknamed “FLiRT” is spreading as the U.S. heads into summer. Some of the FLiRT variants are on the rise as JN.1 – previously the dominant strain – is declining.
The "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants are a new group of strains circulating in the United States, which now account for over one in four cases nationwide. Although cases and hospitalizations have been ...
A new set of COVID-19 variants—which have been given the nickname FLiRT—are the new dominant strain in the United States, currently accounting for 28.2% of all cases, the Centers for Disease ...
NEW YORK - Covid-19 sub-variants, nicknamed “FLiRT”, have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to the World Health Organization. The moniker FLiRT is ...
A new Covid-19 variant known as KP.2, or FLiRT, began to emerge in the United States in early March of this year. At that time, KP.2 represented only 0.4% of all SARS-CoV-2 strains being sequenced ...
A new set of COVID-19 variants, nicknamed FLiRT, is rising in prevalence in the United States. The variant, labeled KP.2, made up about 25% of the COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in April, according ...
Scientists have warned of a "summer wave" of COVID-19 infections after a highly transmissible new group of omicron subvariants was detected in the U.S. But will our vaccines stand up to these new ...
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reports that “FLiRT” is being used to describe “a whole family of different variants – including KP.2, JN1.7 and any other variants ...
Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter's dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. The new FLiRT ...
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday recommended updating the formula for COVID-19 vaccines ahead ...
A new set of COVID-19 variants—which have been given the nickname FLiRT—are the new dominant strain in the United States, currently accounting for 28.2% of all cases, the Centers for Disease Control ...