The symptoms of this variant are similar to previous strains, closely resembling a mix between the flu and a common cold.
A heavily mutated offshoot of the Omicron lineage has now been detected globally, the CDC reports.
While COVID-19 cases are down overall nationwide, the Cicada variant is quickly gaining ground, new data shows.
Symptoms look like those of the flu and the common cold, including sore throat, headache, body aches, fever and cough.
The "highly mutated" variant could evade the latest COVID booster shot. What to know.
The COVID-19 variant known as cicada has spread across the U.S. just two years after its initial identification in South ...
A "highly mutated" strain of COVID-19 that previously stayed "underground" has been found in 25 US states and 23 countries so ...
A newly identified COVID-19 variant is being monitored by federal health agencies after spreading to multiple states, ...
A new variant of COVID-19, dubbed cicada, is less susceptible to vaccination and appears to discriminate based on age, ...
The COVID-19 variant BA.3.2, nicknamed "Cicada," has been detected in at least 23 countries and half the states in the U.S.
After first being detected in 2024, a highly mutated, formerly "underground" COVID-19 variant has reemerged and is spreading ...