The spread of EG.5 comes as the U.S. logs its first increase in hospitalizations of the year. More than 9,000 people were hospitalized with Covid in the last week of July, up from about 6,300 at ...

A new Covid variant called EG.5 is the most prevalent strain in the U.S., and although it’s causing an increase in cases and hospitalizations, experts don’t believe its symptoms are more ...

COVID infections and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Health officials are pointing at the EG.5 "Eris" coronavirus, a subvariant of the Omicron lineage that ...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday classified the EG.5 coronavirus strain circulating in the United States and China as a "variant of interest" but said it did not seem to pose more of a ...

EG.5, the fast-spreading COVID-19 subvariant, is now circulating in Canada as health officials across the world grapple to figure out its potential impact on transmissibility, severity and vaccine ...

While EG.5 is spiking in multiple countries, it's unclear where it's driving an uptick in cases as well. Some parts of Canada are seeing a slight increase in COVID-19 cases, according to recent data.

You've probably seen illustrations of COVID's spike proteins before. (Pixabay: BlenderTimer)EG.5.1 has a small quirk in one of its spike proteins — called F456L — that helps it evade the ...

Variant EG.5, nicknamed “Eris,” is the new dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to the CDC. Per a CDC report, recent upticks in COVID cases are largely due to this newest subvariant.