Virus

Evidence of the disease in a London sewer shows that without widespread vaccination, no country is immune from its horrors, Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group

Vaccines targeting new COVID-19 variants are likely to arrive this fall after an advisory panel voted to recommend that vaccines be updated.

The infectious-disease expert was feeling "really poorly" and began a second round of Paxlovid.

I walked into the odd cave saddled with anxiety and congestion from severe allergies. Less than an hour later, I emerged feeling relaxed and much clearer. The secret? Salt. Nearly 13 tons of the stuff, all of it imported from Pakistan. Since at least the 19th Century, people have used salt — more commonly saltwater immersion — to cure or manage symptoms of migraines, arthritis, and much more. But salt caves are designed to concentrate the healing effects; 45 minutes spent in a Himalayan salt cave (even one built in Central Jersey) can be as effective as 20 hours floating in saltwater.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that it’s identified the state’s first probable case of monkeypox. The health department said preliminary testing returned a “presumptive positive” result for an Oakland County resident, and confirmatory testing is underway at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Evolution optimizes all creatures, from viruses to elephants, to their environment. Where do new variants come from, especially Omicron which is so different from previous variants? There may be a clue in a long study of an immunocompromised patient. Most cases of Covid-19 last roughly two weeks from infection to...

Kontaveit still isnand#039;t where she would like to be physically.

Bautista Agut reached the second round before testing positive for the virus.

A young Briton agreed to be infected with the coronavirus for a scientific study of the most consequential virus on the planet.