A fast-moving COVID-19 strain is sweeping the country with a striking calling card: “razor blade throat,” a sharp, searing ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Now that the omicron variant has reached the U.S. via the Bay Area, the question follows, what happens next for vaccines, public policy and research? UCSF has confirmed they're ...

Since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in late 2019 the virus has spawned dozens of lineages, a handful of global "variants of concern" that changed the course of the pandemic.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of ...

Alright, Tahoe people! Remember back in spring 2022 when I, your local health journalist and intuitive, had that hunch that ...

Scientists documented a rare case of COVID-19 persisting for over 750 days in a man with advanced HIV. The virus, confined within the patient due to h ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- It is "reasonably likely" to expect the pandemic to draw to a close as soon as a month from today, though COVID-19 is likely to stay, according to UCSF's Chair of the Department of ...

NEW YORK -- The Minnesota Department of Health announced Thursday that it has a confirmed case of the COVID-19 omicron variant in a Hennepin County resident. Officials only identified the patient with ...

The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is. But scientists don't yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces ...

New antiviral drugs in development could offer the strongest line of defense yet against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, ...