First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the ...

A new COVID variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe. The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth ...

Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7%) of COVID-19 cases between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. However, XEC and a variant known as MV.1 seem poised to become the next ...

A cheap new test using origami paper sensors can detect infectious diseases like COVID-19, much more quickly than current PCR ...

COVID-19 can have lasting symptoms that affect many parts of the body. Learn more about the symptoms and effects of long COVID.

Samples taken in the pandemic's early weeks reinforce hypothesis that coronavirus emerged from live animal market, not a ...

They study the planet’s deadliest diseases in remote, conflict-prone areas in countries with the lowest health spending and ...

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of ...

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...

A new study found wildlife DNA in samples collected from stalls in the Huanan Seafood Market that tested positive for ...

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

A new study published in the journal Cell is supporting the theory that COVID-19 emerged from wildlife trade at Huanan ...