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

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.

An FDA advisory panel is considering updating the 2026-2027 COVID vaccine. The updated vaccine would target the XFG subvariant. The CDC has previously said that subvariant is dominant in U.S. cases.

A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines. The variant, known as BA.3.2, has been detected in nasal swabs taken from four American ...

WASHINGTON — A new COVID variant, nicknamed "cicada," is spreading through at least half the nation, prompting warnings from health officials. The BA. 3.2 variant has been detected in 25 states, ...

A headline-grabbing new COVID-19 variant known as “Cicada” has been detected in Texas — but it hasn’t caused a significant wave of infection in the U.S. yet. Cicada, or BA.3.2, is one of multiple ...

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 headline-grabbing new COVID-19 variant known as "Cicada" has been detected in Texas — but it hasn't caused a significant wave of infection in Austin or the U.S. yet. Cicada, or BA.3.2, is one of ...