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The nation’s leading infectious disease expert said recommending that vaccinated people wear masks is “under active consideration” by the government’s leading public health officials.

A new report from Belgium researchers highlights a coronavirus case where a woman was infected with two variants simultaneously. Experts say this is one of the first documented cases of finding two variants in the same person at the same time.

The latest CDC data shows that the Delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.

New Jersey reported zero new confirmed COVID deaths Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year and a half, yet another demonstrable sign of progress as the state continues to aggressively push vaccinations and its post-pandemic recovery. The Garden State has reported at least one new virus-linked death — and as many as hundreds a day at times —…

The delta variant is believed to be up to 60% more transmissible than previous more contagious strains of the virus. It may also be more deadly.

The Delta variant of the coronavirus accounts for 10% of new U.S. cases and is known to spread more easily and cause more severe disease.

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily.

Two reports of so-called coronavirus breakthrough infections — in which fully vaccinated people get the illness anyway — suggest that the vaccines still offer strong protection against severe disease even in the face of variants.

A new variant of the coronavirus is in the Bay Area and it is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. The new double mutation is believed to be responsible for the surge in cases in India.

States are rolling back COVID-19 restrictions as new cases trend down from record highs across the country. But experts warn it might be too much too soon as variants pose an increased risk and the pandemic — almost at the one year mark in the U.S. — is far from over, NBC News reports.

Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect a person against getting infected again with some of the new variants emerging around the world

NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci describes how large outbreaks of COVID-19 in a city can lead to new variations.

President Joe Biden is making passage of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill his top priority, with Democrats wanting to vote next week, with or without Republican support. Republicans say the plan costs too much, and want to break it into smaller bills.

Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective, based on early findings from a British study.

A new study suggests that Pfizer/BioNtech’s coronavirus vaccine appears to work against new variants that have begun circulating in the U.S. The study has not been peer-reviewed or published in a medical journal.

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky provides an update on COVID-19 variants found in the U.S.

As more COVID variants are identified across the globe, health experts are suggesting upgrading masks with better filtration, or, if surgical masks are the only options, to “double mask” when out and about.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign new travel restrictions in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus in the United States. Restrictions will primarily target countries like South Africa, Brazil and much of Europe, where new strains of the coronavirus have emerged in recent days.

Nearly one year into the pandemic, COVID-19 is spreading at record high rates in the United States, and with it, new variants of the virus are emerging. Last week, researchers in Ohio said they identified two unique variants in Columbus, NBC News reports.

A patient who tested positive for the U.K. variant of the coronavirus, B.1.1.7, traveled between Bucks County and Philadelphia.