The current vaccines will still prevent severe illness and hospitalization. Since the emergence of several new COVID-19 variants across the globe, scientists have been racing to understand their ...

A mutated and more infectious coronavirus strain first identified in South Africa is "disturbing" and could pose a threat to antibody treatments that are used to prevent people from falling seriously ...

A woman in her 20s who hasn't traveled was found to have the first confirmed case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant in Massachusetts. The variant of the virus, B.1.351, was ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As more data points drop, each shows that we are beating back the coronavirus pandemic here in California. New cases, hospitalizations and even deaths are down. But, the battle ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, ...

Britain’s health secretary on Monday warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa is a "very significant problem" and poses more of a risk than others. Matt Hancock told BBC ...

The South African COVID-19 variant known as 501.V2, which is also prevalent in Brazil, may “obviate” antibody drugs, Scott Gottlieb, MD, former FDA commissioner, told CNBC Jan. 5. “The variant is very ...

A look at how the Pfizer vaccine is performing in the real-world suggests it may not be as effective against the coronavirus variant that was first discovered in South Africa. A recently released ...