Becker's Hospital Review

Delta variant spread prompts question of whether to test vaccinated people

Since the CDC limits data reporting on breakthrough COVID-19 infections — those occurring among fully vaccinated people — to those that cause severe disease, mild or asymptomatic infections caused by ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Delta variant reigns in WNY, but vaccines have blunted the impact

All but one positive Covid-19 test sample sequenced this week from Erie County turned out to be the Delta variant, a strain wreaking havoc in several Southern states and regions across the country ...
Wall Street Journal

As Delta Variant Spreads, Some Vaccinated People Test Positive for Covid-19

Some Americans who received the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this year are hearing surprising and relatively rare news: They’ve tested positive for the coronavirus. These so-called breakthrough cases are ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Is the mu variant worse than delta? What to know about COVID-19 mutations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...
Wall Street Journal

The Delta Variant Is a Reality Test

While the Biden administration plays for time, some lawmakers believe sanctions would be the faster route to establishing whether the origin of covid-19 was a lab-leak in Wuhan, China. Image: Roman ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Delta variant reigns in WNY, but vaccines have blunted the impact

The University at Buffalo uses genomic sequencing to determine what kind of new coronavirus variants are causing Covid-19 in Western New York. Jennifer Surtees is associate professor of microbiology ...