New COVID 'cicada' variant spreads to 25 states
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A new 'heavily-mutated' variant of Covid is doing the rounds, and people who suffered from it are warning of the brutal symptoms. The new version comes from strain BA.3.2, and has been given the nickname of 'Cicada'.
Alice Jenkins recalls lying in hospital bed feeling "brain-dead," unable to move as doctors gathered around her bed were talking.
People who “are still taking COVID precautions seriously have every right to be angry about being abandoned by public-health officials and experts,” says Lucky Tran, a science communicator at Columbia University. “The very real pain that many people are experiencing has not been sufficiently acknowledged.”
(NEXSTAR) – Coronavirus levels are once again “very high” in several U.S. states as the country experiences a summer wave of COVID-19 infections. For many Americans it’s been more than six months since they’ve had a booster shot or a recent ...
A new study found that patients with long COVID often feel they have to prove their illness is physical to be taken seriously. This can lead them to reject psychological support for fear that it implies their symptoms are 'all in the mind'. The ...
Some college students still feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, years after the world returned to normalcy. For students like Ivree Diaz, who began her college journey in 2020, the lingering impact of the pandemic has been profound, ranging from ...
The 2025-26 flu season has been brutal, so far. At least 19 million Americans have had it, and it's not over yet. Flu season typically runs through May, so there’s still a good chance of getting the virus.