Media Highlight Rajnarayanan’s COVID-19 Tracker

The work of NYITCOM-Arkansas Assistant Dean of Research and Associate Professor Rajendram Rajnarayanan, Ph.D., was noted in ABC News, Yahoo News, New York Post, Becker’s Hospital Review, and other outlets. According to a COVID-19 variant tracker managed and created by Rajnarayanan, the XBB.1.16 variant, which has caused concern in India, has been reported in several U.S. states, including California, Washington, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Texas. As of the date that the ABC article was published, he estimated that the lineage comprises 2.9 percent of current U.S. cases.