The coronavirus spreads almost exclusively through respiratory droplets carried through the air. It does not live or spread on surfaces, so masks and gloves used by the general public to protect ...

Information about the characteristics of these variants is rapidly emerging. Scientists are working to learn more about how easily they might spread, whether they could cause more severe illness, and ...

A USAMRIID employee harvests samples of the virus that causes COVID-19 which will be used to develop models of infection, additional diagnostic tests, and medical countermeasures to include vaccines ...

Since May, highly contagious "FLiRT" coronavirus variants – a term for new mutations of Omicron – have been driving a rise in infections and emergency room trips. Virus levels at local wastewater ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines. For this analysis, we surveyed 10,133 U.S. adults from Feb. 7 to 11, 2024. Everyone ...

PUPUKEA, Hawaii (KHON2) — An investigation is underway after hundreds of vials filled with COVID test samples were delivered to a North Shore home over the weekend. Around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Pupukea ...

When researchers at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts inserted a gene from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 into a strain of the virus from the beginning of the pandemic, they were trying to ...

A completed COVID-19 test is seen in a biohazard bag during a preview of COVID-19 testing site inside Cashman Center Exhibit Hall A in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas ...

MOLINE, Illinois – While wrapping gifts Saturday night at her aunt’s house in East Moline, Andrea Ellis found something extra in the shipment of garden flags from Kohl’s in Richmond, Virginia — ...

Cory Chalmers spends several hours a week cleaning sites that have been contaminated by the coronavirus. Arguably the worst place to be during a global pandemic is a site with a confirmed infection.

Once again, it's the time of year when respiratory illnesses — including COVID-19 — make their comeback. So, as we gear up for another winter virus season, take a moment to make sure you know how and ...