The World Health Organization said it is tracking a new coronavirus “variant of interest” called JN.1, an offshoot of the highly mutated “Pirola” strain that is spreading rapidly around the world and ...

The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it would step up its classification of the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 to a standalone "variant of interest," after tracking the strain's rapid ascent ...

As winter gets underway in the Northern Hemisphere, the World Health Organization has identified a new COVID “variant of interest” during the holiday season. According to the WHO, JN.1 has been split ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus as a “variant of interest” but said there wasn’t much of a threat to public health. “Based on the ...