delta variant

It’s been called “stealth omicron” or “deltacron.” A new subvariant of the COVID-19 virus is making headlines, so we talked to NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres to learn more. He explained how the variant “plagiarizes” from the Omicron and Delta variants that previously caused surges, and why this may not cause a new surge here in the...

A new study that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19

The head of the World Health Organization says he’s worried about the omicron and delta variants of COVID-19 producing a “tsunami” of cases between them.

As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and moving back to online learning ahead of the holiday break.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that new data show booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines offer protection against the omicron variant and there is no current need to reformulate shots for variant-specific boosters.

COVID hospitalizations in New York are up 92% in the last month alone and daily deaths are at their highest levels in well more than a half-year.

U.S. health officials say that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations

While the COVID-19 delta variant surge is abating across much of the United States, some areas are still experiencing high infection rates, and they share some things in common, according to Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. Alaska, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming all are reporting, more than 75 new COVID cases per 100,000 people…

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 700,000.

The delta variant is causing a surge in infections among kids in the U.S. and elsewhere, but experts say there are no strong signs yet that it is causing more severe disease for young patients

COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed to levels not seen seen since last winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for sweeping new vaccination requirements

An upstate New York hospital will stop delivering babies later this month, in part because of employee resignations over a requirement they be vaccinated against COVID-19

A new CDC study out Friday provides what may be the most jolting evidence yet of the threat the highly contagious delta variant may pose to the fully vaccinated, particularly as it usurped every other COVID-19 strain to dominate American cases.

Scottie B. Day, physician-in-chief at Kentucky Children’s Hospital, says that COVID-19 admissions are three times higher now than they were at the end of July and the majority of patients are unvaccinated. 

The latest NBC News tally showed that the U.S. has recorded at least 40 million cases and over 651,000 deaths, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country.

This fourth wave of COVID cases was brought on by the Delta variant and it is overwhelming hospitals across the country.

Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant

According to the former FDA commissioner, a worse wave could be in our future. Dr. Scott Gottlieb was on CNBC this morning and predicted that states in the northeast will have another jump in cases because of the Delta variant. He thinks the increase in cases we’ve been seeing is just a warning of what’s to come.

After a three-day streak of decreasing hospitalizations, numbers are up again. Eight more people were admitted to the hospital with the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of current patients to 365. The state’s positivity rate is also up slightly to 2.73%. But is this another “wave” we’re seeing? And should we be concerned? According to…

America’s employers added just 235,000 jobs in August, a modest gain after two months of robust hiring at a time when the delta variant’s spread has discouraged some people from flying, shopping and eating out