public health

HealthThe ‘Kraken’ COVID variant has competition at the top—‘Cerberus’ is running neck-and-neck in the U.S.
By Erin PraterJanuary 6, 2023

Health‘Kraken,’ the ‘most transmissible’ COVID variant yet, could spawn even more immune-evasive variants, new study says
By Erin PraterJanuary 6, 2023

HealthMeet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make sense of Omicron’s ‘alphabet soup’
By Erin PraterJanuary 5, 2023

HealthNew COVID variant ‘Kraken’ XBB.1.5 is on track to become dominant in the U.S., and experts are worried
By Erin PraterJanuary 4, 2023

HealthCOVID isn’t just infecting you—it could be reactivating viruses that have been dormant in your body for years
By Erin PraterDecember 26, 2022

HealthIt’s not just you. Everyone really is sick this holiday season as the U.S. battles a ‘worst in a decade’ flu and rising COVID cases
By Erin PraterDecember 20, 2022

By Erin PraterDecember 17, 2022

HealthThe WHO just released a stark new warning about strep cases afflicting children around the world and warns countries to ‘be vigilant’
By Erin PraterDecember 15, 2022

HealthCOVID-19 global health emergency will hopefully end next year, WHO chief says. But ‘the burden of post-COVID condition is only likely to increase’
By Erin PraterDecember 14, 2022

HealthThe CDC finally put a number on how many lives long COVID has claimed: ‘It’s probably an undercount’
By Erin PraterDecember 14, 2022

HealthMost U.S. kids still haven’t received a flu or COVID vaccine. It’s helping fuel a tripledemic that’s slamming hospitals nationwide
By Erin PraterDecember 12, 2022

HealthNearly half of COVID patients worldwide still have symptoms after 4 months, according to a giant new study
By Erin PraterDecember 7, 2022
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