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 ...

In case seasonal pollen allergies and everything else going on in the world weren't enough to bug you, now there's a new COVID-19 variant: Cicada. No, it doesn't involve huge, loud insects making a ...

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 ...

A new COVID variant – dubbed Cicada – is being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. First detected in 2024 in South Africa, Cicada, officially known as ...

Spring has sprung—but viruses still prevail. There's a new Covid variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed "cicada," along with other respiratory illnesses and even a stomach bug circulating. "Cicada" is part ...

One particularly ugly symptom may be making a comeback.

(NewsNation) — A new, highly-mutated COVID-19 variant is raising concern among public health professionals, with fears it could more easily evade vaccine protections. It earned the nickname because BA ...

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

The latest variant on the rise is LP.8.1. It’s increasing in Australia, making up close to one in five COVID-19 cases in NSW.