The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control. Unlike other respiratory ...

Just when it seemed that four years since the pandemic had been long enough to be rid of the COVID-19 virus, a new variant called ‘FLiRT’ has shown up just in time for summer. Now, some are ...

Susan Scarbro stares down a bowling lane at the distant pins. She hears a sound that breaks her focus. Was that a cough? Will her mask protect her? COVID-19 remains a very present threat for the ...

Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating across the U.S. in 2026. How do you know what's making you sick?

COVID-19 mutates more rapidly than other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu, which raises ongoing concern that a new, ...