Health

There's a new omicron subvariant taking over: BA.5. Scientists expect it will soon be responsible for most COVID-19 infections. But how dangerous is it? And what protection can vaccines offer?... read more →

 Andrea McCollum, the poxvirus epidemiology team lead in the CDC’s division of high consequence pathogens and pathology, had many answers. Do we know how efficient monkeypox virus is at transmitting... read more →

This electron microscopic image depicts a monkeypox virion.CDC/ CYNTHIA S. GOLDSMITH Monkeypox appears to have exploded out of nowhere in the past two weeks, spreading across Europe, the Americas, and... read more →

BA.2.12.1 -- a highly contagious sub lineage of the BA.2 omicron subvariant that now accounts for 57.9% of all cases, according to CDC estimates. Monitoring Variant Proportions SARS-CoV-2, the virus... read more →

A new tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes the process of determining what to do with your COVID-19 exposure or possible symptoms much easier. The tool,... read more →

As we get a better handle on the virus, masking and restrictions for COVID-19 are lifting around the country in a first step towards a return to normalcy. But that doesn't... read more →

Track coronavirus outbreaks across the US and in your state with daily updated maps, total cases and deaths. Karina Zaiets, Mitchell Thorson, Shawn J. Sullivan and Janie Haseman, USA TODAY... read more →

Mike Snider, USA TODAY  Apotential new COVID variant, a combination of the Delta and Omicron variants – you can call it "Deltacron" – has been identified. The World Health Organization said Wednesday... read more →

Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) that uses alternating microcurrents appears to rapidly and effectively improve cognitive and visual deficits related to "long COVID," a small case series shows. SARS-CoV-2 infections impair... read more →

Some survivors of covid-19 will be dealing with heart-related issues even after their initial infection is over, new research this week suggests. The study found that covid-19 patients were more... read more →