The internal CDC document said the Delta variant was more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, and the seasonal flu.

CDC director Rochelle Walensky told the US Senate that the highly transmissible variant is now the dominant strain in the United States.

ATLANTA, Ga. — The delta variant that’s now the dominant strain of coronavirus in the U.S. appears to be as transmissible as chickenpox, according to an internal document from the Centers for Disease ...

The delta coronavirus variant surging across the United States appears to cause more severe illness and spread as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal document from the US Centers for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data Friday indicating the Delta variant is twice as infectious as previously thought, and a recent analysis ...

As the delta variant continues to spread in countries around the world, some COVID-19 safety restrictions have been reinstated in efforts to curb the rising cases. But the director of the U.S. Centers ...

The proportion was estimated at approximately 3% in late May. A highly contagious variant of the novel coronavirus that was initially identified in India now accounts for about 58% of all COVID-19 ...

While the delta COVID-19 variant is the dominant strain in the U.S., it’s now officially the dominant strain worldwide “by far,” officials from the World Health Organization said during a Sept. 21 ...

Estimates show the variant accounts for over 51% of all new cases nationwide. A highly contagious variant of the novel coronavirus that was initially identified in India is now the dominant strain in ...