KTVU

COVID-19 ‘mu’ strain: WHO tracks latest ‘variant of interest’

The World Health Organization has added the "mu" strain to its list of COVID-19 "variants of interest." The strain, also know as B.1.621, was first documented in Colombia in January 2021 but didn’t ...
ABC7 San Francisco

'Not the last one:' Health experts weigh in as cases of Mu variant reported across the Bay Area

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- As long as there is on-going COVID-19 transmission somewhere in the world, there will be new variants. That's according to infectious disease expert, Dr. Jorge Salinas with ...
KBIA

MU researchers find COVID-19 can cause permanent eye damage

Researchers at the University of Missouri recently published a study showing that COVID-19 can cause long term damage to the eye if left untreated. Dr. Pawan Singh, a professor at the University of ...
Yahoo

MU researchers pinpoint symptoms directly related to long COVID

Rebekah Hogan lies with her son Sebastian, 9, in the living room of their home in Troy, N.Y. April 7, 2022. The family of five, including Rebekah's husband James, a disabled military veteran, ...
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 ...
The New York Times

The Vanishing Variants: Lessons from Gamma, Iota and Mu

Studying the coronavirus variants that have faded away could help us prepare for what comes next, scientists say. By Emily Anthes In early 2021, scientists in Colombia discovered a worrisome new ...
Yahoo

COVID-19 variants have become expert in evading body's protections, MU professor says

The variants and sub-variants of COVID-19 continue to mutate and have become expert in evading protective antibodies, says University of Missouri professor Kamlendra Singh. Singh is a professor in the ...
WEAU

World health officials monitor new COVID variant named mu

(Gray News) - Researchers at the World Health Organization have their eyes on a new coronavirus variant called mu. It was designated as a variant of interest (VOI) this week after first being found in ...
KOMU

MU study finds high level of COVID-19 and flu co-infections during last year's flu season

COLUMBIA - Researchers from the MU School of Medicine say they discovered a high level of COVID-19 and influenza co-infections in mid-Missouri during last year's flu season. The research comes from ...
KBIA

Vaccine hesitancy fueling mid-Missouri immunization decline

Public health experts say lingering skepticism and controversy surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine have fueled hesitancy toward ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

MU ends COVID-19 self-reporting requirement and COVID dashboard with vaccine availability

Citing the availability of vaccines and testing, the University of Missouri on Monday ended its requirement that employees and students voluntarily report infections of COVID-19. Simultaneously, the ...