By Arianna Johnson, August 5, 2024 Drug manufacturers have created updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccines to protect against currently circulating variants, and the shots—which have shown to be more effective than the now-available vaccines—are expected to be available as soon as …
Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of long COVID. Here’s what to know
By Ziyad Al-Aly, August 3, 2024 Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of …
New LB.1 COVID variant is spreading in the US. These are its most common symptoms
By Caroline Kee, July 3, 2024, Updated August 2, 2024 LB.1 is the latest COVID-19 variant to make headlines as cases rise across the United States. The new omicron subvariant, along with the fast-growing FLiRT strains, appear to be contributing …
Mapped: COVID summer continues to heat up
By Tina Reed, July 31, 2024 The summer’s COVID-19 wave is continuing, with the latest wastewater surveillance data detecting “high” virus activity levels across the majority of the U.S. and “very high” levels in 19 states, per Centers for Disease Control …
What to know about the updated COVID vaccines coming this fall
By Mary Kekatos, July 26, 2024 As summer begins to wind down and many children and teenagers across the U.S. get ready to head back to school next month, it also means updated COVID-19 vaccines are around the corner. Last …