A new COVID variant is on the rise amid a nationwide summer surge of cases. Positive cases in Mississippi are climbing. What are the symptoms?

A mutated variant dubbed the cicada variant could be behind the rise in cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in all 50 states as of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines. The variant, known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called the cicada, because of its long incubation period.

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BA.3.2, a heavily mutated new COVID-19 variant which may be better able to escape immunity from vaccines or prior infection, is now spreading in the United States. Although COVID cases are currently ...

For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic feels like a distant memory. In reality, the SARS‑CoV‑2 coronavirus is still spreading widely across the globe and continues to evolve into new variants.

Currently, there is no strong evidence showing that these variants consistently cause more severe illness than the earlier Omicron strains, but they can still be a serious risk for older adults, ...

A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults. Rather, ...