The U.S. said Friday that it would restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries amid fears that a newly-discovered COVID-19 variant could lead to a surge of worldwide cases and deaths.

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 new COVID-19 variant — XFG, also known as Stratus — is spreading rapidly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The South Carolina Department of Health does not track COVID infection ...