Wastewater signals show BA.3.2 across 25 states, while NWSS funding reductions threaten program continuity after FY2025, diminishing national situational awareness for emerging variants. Genomic ...

Looming funding cuts for one of America's major disease surveillance programs could threaten public health responses experts ...

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended updating this fall’s Covid shots to target the XFG ...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Where biology meets technology, researchers are on the hunt for mutations of COVID-19. The Microbial Genome Sequencing Center, also known as MiGS, is one of several in the country ...

Mutations of the coronavirus could render current vaccines ineffective within a year, according to a majority of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists surveyed by the ...

This fall’s updated COVID-19 vaccines should target the SARS-CoV-2 XFG variant, the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) said ...

Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19 may modestly curb the effectiveness of two current vaccines, although they stress that the shots ...

The BA.3.2 Covid variant, part of the Omicron lineage, has drawn global attention for its mutation profile and spread. Experts say symptoms remain mild and similar to earlier variants, with no ...

A runny nose may indicate you have COVID-19, but it can also stem from a cold or allergies. Here’s how to know what’s causing ...

As the United States struggles with its coronavirus vaccine rollout, President-elect Joe Biden’s top health officials are confident there will be enough coronavirus vaccine doses to meet the incoming ...