A new mutation of influenza is causing an increase in flu cases and hospitalizations in Texas and across the country early in ...

This variant exhibits several mutations that allow it to evade the immune response generated by this year’s flu vaccine. Specifically, the changes in the virus's structure—known as antigenic ...

It's been less than a month since health officials reported the first known case of a new and more contagious coronavirus variant in Texas. The man, a Harris County resident, had no travel history.

Scientists in Texas have identified a variant of the coronavirus that could pose a challenge to patients and health care workers trying to treat them. Texas A&M scientists say the variant, which they ...

The COVID-19 summer wave is expanding throughout the country with new variants, and Dallasites can see exactly which variants are present in our wastewater with a visualization from WastewaterSCAN.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell heavily infected with COVID-19 virus particles (orange/red), isolated from a patient sample. The image was captured at the NIAID Integrated Research ...

TEXAS – A new COVID variant has been identified in Texas, becoming the fifth state where the variant has been confirmed. BA 2.86, also known as Pirola, raised concerns because it has several mutations ...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas has identified its first case of the omicron COVID ...

COVID-19 cases have been surging in Texas and nationally - mostly among unvaccinated people - as the highly contagious delta variant has become dominant. While dozens of variants have spawned from the ...