New COVID variants EG.5, FL.1.5.1 and BA.2.86 are spreading. Here’s what to know.
Health authorities say they're closely tracking the spread of three new COVID-19 variants now spreading around the country.Levels of COVID-19 ...
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Why startups are investing millions to make drugs and semiconductors in space
In-space manufacturing may sound like science fiction but it's happening already, albeit on a very small scale. It's a fledgling ...
Moderna says new Covid vaccine was effective against Eris variant in early trial
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesModerna's new Covid vaccine generated a robust immune response against the now-dominant Eris variant ...
CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly-mutated strain reported in Michigan
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it is tracking a recently discovered COVID-19 strain, BA.2.86, after experts ...
The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop
In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state's public health lab received a test ...
COVID hospitalizations accelerate for fourth straight week
New COVID-19 hospitalizations have accelerated for a fourth straight week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data now shows.A total ...
New COVID vaccine and booster shots for this fall to be available by end of September
The first new COVID-19 vaccines updated for this fall season are now expected to be available by the end of ...
Loss of smell or taste was once a telltale sign of COVID. Not anymore.
Once a hallmark sign of many COVID-19 cases — sometimes more reliable than even flu-like symptoms at sniffing out people ...
CDC says COVID variant EG.5 is now dominant, including strain some call
The EG.5 variant now makes up the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
First long COVID treatment clinical trials from NIH getting underway
Two new clinical trials to test potential treatments for long COVID are now set to launch, the National Institutes of ...
