A new highly mutated coronavirus variant, BA.3.2, nicknamed 'Cicada', has officially been detected in the US. Even as the overall coronavirus trends in the country are declining, this particular ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report national estimates of 43.6 million COVID-19-associated illnesses and 101,300 deaths in the US during October 2022 to September 2023, plus ...

The average COVID-19 positivity rate in Mecklenburg County soared to 15.6% in the week after Christmas, according to new data released Tuesday by health officials. It’s a new high for the Charlotte ...

Officials are urging residents to stay home, wear face masks and keep their distance after alarming coronavirus trends have emerged across several US states. They're among 26 states -- a number also ...

A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across the United States. There’s no sign so far that BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, is ...

Amid the declining clinical severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and diminishing public uptake of annual coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, ...

As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first ...