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The Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet, but some researchers are already worrying about mousepox. Colin Carlson, a biologist at Georgetown University, has spent the last few years training computers to predict which dangerous viruses could jump from animals to humans,...

Do you remember Mu? It was a variant of concern with several troubling mutations that spread swiftly in Colombia in early 2021, fueling a surge of new cases. Today, Mu has all but vanished but it can still offer lessons for researchers that could help them understand...

The coronavirus keeps mutating – putting scientists on their toes as they brace for the possibility that the virus could get better at spreading or at making us sick. “This virus has probably got tricks we haven’t seen yet,” virologist Robert F. Garry of Tulane...

Vaccination campaigns The number of reported measles infections has increased by nearly 80 percent worldwide in the first two months of this year. UN organizations are calling on countries to restart their basic vaccination campaigns after the corona pandemic.Wafa Al...

By Tristan Bove and Andrew MarquardtFORTUNE It’s been more than two years now since the coronavirus pandemic first arrived in the U.S. and most of the world, and it’s no surprise that “COVID fatigue” is setting in among many who are ready to move on from the pandemic....

The most common symptoms of long-haul COVID include: Fatigue and poor physical enduranceDifficulty thinking or concentrating, also known as "brain fog"CoughTrouble breathingJoint or muscle painChest or stomach painMood changesHeadacheFeverHeart palpitationsLoss of or...

By: Melissa LynchCOVID doesn't affect kids, right? That's what we thought at the beginning of this pandemic.We had just moved, and local schools were in virtual and hybrid learning mode. We needed the internet line run to our house still, so we went to a public place...

By: Peter Rowe, MD, FAAP Most kids and teens who test positive for COVID-19 have mild, or even no, symptoms. But it has become clear that some are experiencing symptoms more than a month after they've been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A...

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new omicron variant — dubbed XE — that's a hybrid of BA.1, the original omicron strain, and BA.2, a highly transmissible subvariant.Five things to know: The strain was identified Jan. 19 in the U.K. As of March 25,...

The World Health Organization designated COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, named Omicron, a "variant of concern" on Nov. 26, 2021, and the first confirmed case in the U.S. was on Dec. 1, 2021; since then, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has classified...

After older people and nursing home residents, no other group seems to have been hit harder by Covid than people with diabetes. They account for a staggering 30 to 40 percent of all U.S. Covid deaths, several studies suggest. Diabetes patients who are hospitalized...

Scheduling time on the calendar for a workout and setting small, achievable goals are just a couple of ways we can focus on rebuilding healthy habits. Michael Driver for NPR The early days of lockdown restrictions had a profound effect on people's daily lives. Alcohol...

The F.D.A. authorized second boosters for Americans aged 50 and older and those with certain immune deficiencies on Tuesday. But the scientific evidence for the additional dose is incomplete, at best, and researchers do not agree on whether the shots are needed. So...

Millions of people continue to suffer from long-term Covid symptoms. Studies estimate that 10 to 30 percent of people infected with the coronavirus may develop such symptoms, including cognitive issues, exhaustion, shortness of breath and many others. “It involves a...

What the world needs is a super vaccine that can deal with all coronaviruses and future outbreaks at once. Whether that is feasible is uncertain, virologists say, "but we should at least try." The ideal corona vaccine is resistant in advance to future variants of...

A runny nose, a fever and a sore throat. You'd rather not have it. But if you do find yourself in that situation, is it corona or flu? And how do you deal with it? Now that both viruses are running straight through each other, doctor of infectious disease control Fred...

Telegraaf By Arianne Mantel in NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A double infection of a coronavirus with the flu virus makes hospitalized patients significantly worse off. They require earlier ventilation in the ICU and are more likely to die, especially those with underlying...

Can India learn from this?Barely two months after the Omicron wave, U.S. epidemiologists are already warning of another swell in the pandemic. Though Covid case numbers are falling in most of the country, scientists warn that the quiet may soon give way to...

Inhaled vaccine delivers broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 Scientists at McMaster University who have developed an inhaled form of COVID vaccine have confirmed it can provide broad, long-lasting protection against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of...

Scientists are pursuing a vaccine that might protect against all variations of the coronavirus. (Monicah Mwangi/Reuters) By Carolyn Y. Johnson Volunteers are rolling up their sleeves to receive shots of experimental vaccines tailored to beat the omicron variant — just...