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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? Due to the global increase in coronavirus cases caused by the BA.5 subvariant, the World Health Organization (WHO) currently classifies... 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 from person to person? Monkeypox is transmissible really from the time when signs or symptoms appear, throughout the entire course... 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 other regions. But warning signs appear to have gone unheeded. An unusual and long-running outbreak in Nigeria should have served... 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 that causes COVID-19, is constantly changing and accumulating mutations in its genetic code over time. New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are... 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, called the COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Calculator, takes information about when you were exposed to COVID-19, any symptoms you might have... 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 mean COVID-19 is any less dangerous. While the number of COVID cases appears to be dropping, this decline comes alongside a... 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 Published 3:44 PM EDT Mar. 10, 2020 Updated 6:39 PM EST Feb. 24, 2022 The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 grows every... 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 the new COVID-19 combination has been detected in France, the Netherlands and Denmark. It's also been found in the U.S., according... 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 blood flow to the eyes and brain, causing visual and cognitive deficits, and the stimulation restores normal blood flow, lead... 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 likely than others to report a variety of heart conditions over the following 12 months. This increased risk was greatest... read more →