A newly identified COVID-19 variant is drawing attention from health officials after being detected in the U.S., though early evidence suggests it is not yet driving a surge in cases or severe illness ...

Cicada is in the Omicron lineage and was first identified in 2024.

A new COVID-19 variant, nicknamed Cicada, is causing concern as cases are increase. The variant, B.A. 3.2, was first discovered via a nasal swab on a 5-year-old boy from South Africa on November 22, ...

The CDC reports a highly mutated Cicada COVID variant BA 3.2 has been detected in at least 25 states including New Jersey in what could result in a summer surge of new COVID-19 cases, colliding with ...

A COVID-19 variant that was first detected in 2024 has reemerged, and public health officials are monitoring it as wastewater tests show it spreading across the U.S., according to reporting in USA ...

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...

While the latest variant, called Cicada, carries more mutations, it’s still part of the Omicron family that emerged in 2021.

A new variant of COVID-19 is buzzing. Its official name is BA.3.2, but it's earned the nickname "cicada" because, analogous to the insect's pattern, it first appeared back in 2024, went dormant for a ...

(NewsNation) — A new, highly-mutated COVID-19 variant is raising concern among public health professionals, with fears it could more easily evade vaccine protections. It earned the nickname because BA ...