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 ...

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 ...

(Reuters) – South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one ...

LONDON - Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the vaccine’s lead researcher said Sunday. Health ...

LONDON (Reuters) - UK scientists expressed concern on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against a new variant of the coronavirus that emerged in ...

Authorities reported the first case of the new mpox strain in the U.K. last week, stating that a patient is receiving treatment at a London hospital following recent travel to African countries that ...