Like it or not, COVID-19 is still a public health issue five years after the start of the pandemic flipped the nation, and the world, on its head. Here is a brief recap of the status of COVID cases, ...

The growing use of at-home COVID tests can lead to unreported positive COVID infections. While this can affect how scientists predict COVID surges, databases exist to track how many people have COVID ...

Once used for tracking COVID-19 cases, the tracker has become a resource for virus trends in general, including measles Originally launched to track major pandemic outbreaks in the US and around the ...

A new COVID-19 variant sweeping through China has yet to make a sizable footprint in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. In January, a new COVID-19 variant known as NB ...

Earlier this year, a new variant of COVID-19 began spreading globally. Some of those infected with the new variant, nicknamed “Nimbus,” reported an uncomfortable side effect known as “razor blade ...

Higher test positivity rates are a sign that many infections are not reported — even if they are tested for at home. This results in a more severe undercount of cases. The number of hospitalized ...

It shouldn’t be too surprising that the colder and drier weather is bringing a surge this time of the year as it has had each year since 2020. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 just ...