It’s normal for COVID-19 strains to mutate over time—that’s just what viruses do. But there’s a new strain of COVID-19 floating around out there that’s suddenly getting a lot of attention thanks to ...

"Cicada" is trending, but not because it's the season for the noisy insects to appear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization are both monitoring a COVID-19 ...

A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across the United States. There’s no sign so far that BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, is ...

A newly identified COVID-19 variant is drawing attention from health officials after being detected in the U.S., though early evidence suggests it is not yet driving a surge in cases or severe illness ...

Six years ago this month, Florida schools and beaches closed, cruise ships reported their first COVID outbreaks, and shoppers scrambled to get whatever toilet paper remained on the shelves. Almost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines. The variant, known ...

The official death toll of covid-19 between 2020 and 2021 was off by nearly 20%, new research finds. Reading time 3 minutes The covid-19 pandemic was perhaps the greatest natural disaster to befall ...

Share on Pinterest Vitamin D does not prevent COVID-19 but may keep long COVID at bay, a new study suggests. Image credit: Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images About every six in 100 people who have COVID ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As others move on from the pandemic, thousands of people with long COVID remain chronically ill and disabled.

It has been six years since the COVID-19 pandemic began and though aftershocks continue to affect us all, one day stands out as monumental. That morning, during a meeting with the House Oversight and ...

Heard about a lot of people getting flu this winter but not much about covid? It’s not just you. For the second winter in a row, the United States has faced a punishing flu season, with covid as a ...