Summer heat, outdoor fun ... and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people's minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Health experts are warning about a new COVID-19 variant that’s spreading. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the NB.1.8.1 variant, nicknamed ...

ANY MOTIVE BEHIND THE GUNFIRE. NOW TO AN UPTICK IN COVID CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE’S A NEW VARIANT THAT DOCTORS ARE SEEING AND IT COULD IMPACT YOUR FAMILY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S BETH CARLSON ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Health officials confirm increased virus concentrations in wastewater as XFG subvariant becomes predominant statewide, affecting local families with familiar symptoms COVID-19 cases are rising in Kern ...

New cases of COVID-19 are increasing nationwide, fueled by the Stratus variant, an emerging offshoot of the Omicron variant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on animals, ...

At the L.A. County Sentinel Surveillance Laboratories, 12.6% of specimens tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. This rise in positive cases ...

A new COVID-19 strain is now driving the majority of infections in the Bay Area as disease levels remain high at the start of the school year, according to Stanford research. The XFG “Stratus” strain ...

The new XFG "Stratus" COVID-19 variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S. The new strain is driving a recent rise in cases across several states, including California. The variant, a hybrid of two ...