A newer COVID-19 variant may be causing a severe sore throat in those who contract the infections. Here's what to know about ...

The COVID-19 vaccine pill would allow for easier distribution and would be even more effective at combatting illness. Getty Images/iStockphoto There may soon be an option to take a pill rather ...

COVID-like bat virus discovered by researchers in same Chinese lab accused of leaking deadly 2020 outbreak: study By . Anna Young. Published Feb. 21, 2025, 8:00 p.m. ET. ... AFP via Getty Images.

MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN: More than three years after COVID-19 upended the global economy, scientists are still trying to determine where the virus originated. Medical workers, above, attend patients in ...

Five years later the virus is widely known as COVID-19. Why It Matters The virus persists, but widespread immunity from vaccinations and prior infections has rendered it less lethal than in the ...

Nearly everyone on earth has experienced some personal impact from the global COVID-19 pandemic. As shown in this series of images and animations, the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts extensively with its ...

The study is posted in the journal Science Translational Medicine. "Our findings suggest that in some COVID infections, SARS-CoV-2 may dramatically impair the immune response by reprogramming ...

The new strain—known as COVID-19 NB 1.8.1—was first detected in China in January this year, and on May 23 the World Health Organization classified it as a variant "under monitoring," as it is ...

For nearly three years, the medical and scientific world scrutinized Covid. That research helped experts gain a new understanding of a much older virus: the flu.

The symptoms of Covid-19 have changed as new variants have come to dominate infections (Credit: Getty Images) With a new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus causing a spike in cases, it is ...

On Monday, April 10, President Joe Biden signed a bill that immediately terminated the COVID-19 national emergency, first enacted in 2020 as the SARS-CoV-2 virus gripped the country. So does this ...

Updated COVID vaccination was defined as receipt of the bivalent vaccine from Sept. 1, 2022 through 7 days prior to the index date during the 2022-2023 season and receipt of the monovalent XBB.1.5 ...