N.B. monitors deer for COVID-19 after study finds 'nearly extinct' variants mutating

New Brunswick is keeping an eye out for COVID-19 strains in white-tailed deer after a recent study in the U.S. found mutations of SARS-CoV-2 variants in deer that no longer circulate among people, raising questions about whether the animals could transmit the virus back to people.

COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 may be less contagious than feared

Frontiers The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health

Americans Transmit COVID-19 To Wild Deer, Leading To Mutated Variants: Study

Genomic health is dependent on long-term population demographic history

Zoos in Canada: Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

N.B. records 9 more COVID-19 deaths, highest positivity rate since at least Aug. 28

A highly changed coronavirus variant was found in deer after nearly a year in hiding, researchers suggest - Boston News, Weather, Sports

COVID mutates rapidly in white-tailed deer, but here's why we don't need to worry – for now

Omicron Detected in New York Deer Causing Concern Over Possible COVID Variants

Researchers find deer carry SARS-CoV-2 variants that are extinct in humans