Looming funding cuts for one of America's major disease surveillance programs could threaten public health responses experts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public health officials are monitoring a new strain of COVID-19, now called the cicada, because of its long incubation period.

A new Covid variant is spreading across the U.S. and it may be able to evade protection from current vaccines. The variant, known as BA.3.2, has been detected in nasal swabs taken from four American ...

A headline-grabbing new COVID-19 variant known as “Cicada” has been detected in Texas — but it hasn’t caused a significant wave of infection in the U.S. yet. Cicada, or BA.3.2, is one of multiple ...

BA.3.2, a heavily mutated new COVID-19 variant which may be better able to escape immunity from vaccines or prior infection, is now spreading in the United States. Although COVID cases are currently ...

WASHINGTON — A new COVID variant, nicknamed "cicada," is spreading through at least half the nation, prompting warnings from health officials. The BA. 3.2 variant has been detected in 25 states, ...

A new COVID variant is showing up in more than two dozen states, and early data suggest it may partially evade immunity due to its mutations. The new variant, called BA.3.2, is part of the omicron ...