Cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron BA.2.86, also known as Pirola, have tripled in two weeks, comprising between 5% and 15% of all infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A highly contagious flu mutation called subclade K is sweeping the nation, raising health concerns about vaccine effectiveness this season. Here are the states at most risk.

New coronavirus variants dubbed “FLiRT” are circulating the world and growing dominant in the U.S., and although cases and deaths are on a decline, some experts worry these variants may cause a summer ...

There is at present nothing to suggest that the symptoms of the newly emerging JN.1 variant of COVID-19 are any different to other strains circulating among the population, the Centers for Disease ...

As the summer travel season picks up, COVID cases and hospitalizations are rising in Los Angeles County — and some of those recently reinfected are finding their latest bout to be the worst yet. There ...

A new COVID-19 variant, unheard of just months ago, is projected to be the second-most common strain in the U.S. just in time for summer. Variant NB.1.8.1, first detected in January in China, ...

510(k) clearance will allow 23andMe to report an additional 41 genetic variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that increase risk for breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer Many of these ...