Sydney, we are in the middle of a bad cold and flu season in Australia. Along with the usual suspect viruses, such as influenza, RSV, and rhinoviruses (which cause the common cold), bacterial pathogens are also causing significant rates of illness, especially in children. These include...
Gold Coast (Australia), we have been living with Covid for more than four years. Although there is still a lot to learn about SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID), at least one thing seems clear: It is here to stay.From the original Wuhan variant to Delta, Omicron and many other variants...
The KP.1.1, and KP.2 strains are part of a new variant named FLiRT based on the technical names of their mutations, one of which includes the letters "F" and "L", and the other of which includes the letters "R" . " and T".Genome sequencing in March and April revealed 91 cases of KP.2 in...
FLiRT is a new set of COVID variants from the lineage of highly transmissible and immune system evading omicrons.FLiRT variants, which prominently include KP.1.1 and KP.2, are named based on the technical names of their mutations, one of which includes the letters "F" and "L", and the other...