Some states are being hit harder than others this summer as a new COVID-19 strain (XGF) continues to spread. Some regions of the U.S. are still experiencing higher rates of positive COVID tests than ...

There remains much we don’t know about long covid, including its origins. It’s a complex condition likely caused by more than one thing, including a dysfunctional immune response to the earliest covid ...

Just in time for respiratory virus season, a highly transmissible COVID-19 strain is fueling a wave of infections across the US. The XFG variant, informally known as “Stratus,” has been driving up ...

(NEW YORK) — The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The ...

For the first time since the pandemic began, COVID-19 dropped out of the nation's top 10 causes of death in 2024, new U.S. government data shows. Overall U.S. death rates also fell to their lowest ...

A new COVID-19 variant that was unheard of just months ago is now projected to be the second-most common strain in the United States. Variant NB.1.8.1 was first detected in China in January but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Updated COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This season, there will be tighter restrictions ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.