NYITCOM-Arkansas Scientist Featured in National News Outlets
As seen in聽, , , , , , and , among other sites,聽, assistant dean of research and associate professor at NYITCOM-Arkansas, shared insight on the COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, or 鈥淣imbus.鈥� Rajnarayanan, who manages a COVID-19 variant database, tells聽Salon that one of the mutations in Nimbus allows it to evade the immunity built from prior infections, making transmissibility slightly higher. However, there has not been any evidence yet to suggest that Nimbus is linked to more severe illness.
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