Like it or not, COVID-19 is still a public health issue five years after the start of the pandemic flipped the nation, and the world, on its head. Here is a brief recap of the status of COVID cases, ...

Once used for tracking COVID-19 cases, the tracker has become a resource for virus trends in general, including measles Originally launched to track major pandemic outbreaks in the US and around the ...

A "highly mutated" strain of COVID-19 that previously stayed "underground" has been found in 25 US states and 23 countries so ...

The graphics on this page are based on government data. The Maryland Department of Health releases new surveillance data on Tuesdays and no longer publicly compiles testing or vaccination data. The ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a spike in cases in China. A CDC spokesperson confirmed ...

COVID mutation that was under the radar has been detected in 25 states. The CDC nicknamed BA.3.2 "cicada." It's been found in ...

A COVID-19 subvariant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “Cicada,” is spreading rapidly across the United States after first being detected in South Africa in November 2024. The strain carries unusual genetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. National COVID-19 memorial wall for the five-year anniversary on March 11, 2025, in London, England. Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures ...

Higher test positivity rates are a sign that many infections are not reported — even if they are tested for at home. This results in a more severe undercount of cases. The number of hospitalized ...