A new, highly-mutated COVID-19 variant is raising concern among public health professionals, with fears it could more easily evade vaccine protections. The newest COVID variant is officially named variant BA.

Six years ago, Florida schools and beaches closed, cruise ships reported their first COVID outbreaks, and shoppers scrambled to get whatever toilet paper remained on the shelves. How it’s changed.

BA.3.2 is a heavily mutated Omicron subvariant first detected in South Africa in 2024 and now confirmed in more than 20 countries.

COVID-19 viral activity was high in the United States during the first week of September, according to fresh data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some regions of the United States are experiencing higher rates of positive COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 cases remained relatively steady week-over-week in late August, though data from states showed "very high" viral activity at the end of the month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some regions of the United States ...