Experts explain why this particular strain is more likely to overcome immunity from vaccination or previous infection.

The heavily mutated new BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, aka "cicada," is circulating in at least 25 U.S. states, the CDC said. What to know about its spread and symptoms.

A COVID-19 variant called Cicada, formally known as BA.3.2, has been found in 25 states as of March 19, including South ...

Cicada was first identified in November 2024 in South Africa before going under the global radar, reemerging in Mozambique in ...

Young children are prone to picking up infections and could be particularly exposed to this variant given they will have ...

Cicada is a mutation of the omicron COVID-19 branch that first appeared in 2021. It has been seen in 23 countries and in wastewater from 25 American states, according to CDC reports.

A newly identified COVID-19 variant is drawing attention from health officials after being detected in the U.S., though early evidence suggests it is not yet driving a surge in cases or severe illness ...

The resistant strain is arriving just as COVID-19 has increasingly behaved like a summer virus in California, with the last ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Where biology meets technology, researchers are on the hunt for mutations of COVID-19. The Microbial Genome Sequencing Center, also known as MiGS, is one of several in the country ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge, a new study is giving insight into how COVID-19 surveillance programs can be used to design more effective annual vaccine boosters. "Now ...