It trails behind fellow Omicron subvariant Arcturus, or XBB.1.16, at 41.82% of U.S. cases. Eris is a nickname given to EG.5.1, a subvariant of Omicron (B.1.1.529). It was added to the WHO watch ...

Doctors break it all down. What is the EG.5, a.k.a. Eris, variant? Eris is a descendent of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, explains William Schaffner, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and ...

Eris has edged out other omicron variants circulating in the United States, and now makes up the largest proportion of COVID cases there. But while it has been in Australia since April ...

Eris, also known as EG.5, accounts for the largest proportion of COVID-19 cases in the country. It is a descendant of the omicron subvariant and also comes from the XBB sublineage. Both omicron ...

EG.5, which has unofficially been nicknamed “eris,” is a descendant of the XBB family of omicron subvariants. The U.N. health agency this week designated EG.5 a “variant of interest” after ...

Three Omicron strains have emerged showing significant mutations from the original variant. The arrival of Eris, Pi and most recently, Pirola, coincides with unsettled weather and “small but ...

EG.5 — also called Eris — is a descendant of the Omicron variant XBB.1.9.2 and has one notable mutation that helps it to evade antibodies developed by the immune system in response to earlier ...

Eris—which is a subvariant of the variant Omicron—is now the most common in the U.S, making up 17 percent of all cases. As of August 8, it has also been detected in more than 50 countries.

Meanwhile, back in August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new Omicron variant called Eris had become the dominant coronavirus strain in the US. “The Eris ...

Eris is the name of the new variant and it's become the dominant strain of the virus over the summer. Experts say it's very similar to the Omicron variant. "Is there a fundamental change in the ...

“Eris” is not the only type of Covid circulating in late summer 2023. A new sub-variant of Omicron, called BA.2.86 (or “Pirola”), is already active in several countries including the ...