JN.1, an offshoot of the highly mutated “Pirola” strain, is the fastest spreading Covid variant in the U.S. and already dominant in the Northeast.

JN.1 is a closely-related descendant of BA.2.86, a highly mutated strain that first worried scientists over the summer. BA.2.86 was deemed a "variant of interest" by the WHO back in August.

JN.1 is currently the fastest-growing COVID-19 variant in the U.S. The mutation descends from the omicron family substrain BA.2.86, or Pirola, which landed in the U.S. this summer.. JN.1 was first ...

The Omicron coronavirus subvariant JN.1 now makes up 44.2% of Covid-19 cases in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

COVID-19 JN.1 variant is spreading across the U.S. 03:32 Close to all new COVID-19 cases in the United States are now being caused by the JN.1 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The WHO declared JN.1 a “variant of interest” as cases spread globally, especially in wintry areas. The U.S. is seeing a pre-holiday rise of respiratory illness.

The JN.1 variant seems more transmissible than other strains, but it isn’t likely to cause more severe Covid. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

JN.1 is currently the fastest growing variant – and the dominant one – making up nearly half (44.2%) of cases in the U.S., as of Friday Dec. 22 when the CDC released the latest data.

Another coronavirus variant is circulating in the United States, following the busy holiday season, and it’s already in California. JN.1 is one of the latest COVID-19 variants that experts are ...

JN.1, which emerged from the variant BA.2.86 and was first detected in the United States in September, accounted for 44 percent of Covid cases nationwide by mid-December, up from about 7 percent ...

In mid-October, CDC data shows JN.1 made up about 0.1% of all COVID-19 cases around the country. As of Jan. 20, the CDC estimates that's now up to approximately 86%. Sponsor Message ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 23, according to the agency's ...