The discovery of new COVID variants and a relatively small increase in the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations have helped put face masks back in the spotlight. The Centers for Disease Control ...

The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control. Unlike other respiratory ...

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 ...

Wearing face masks may not have lowered the risk of COVID infection after the first Omicron wave, new research has shown. But that does not mean that face masks aren't useful, regardless. The wearing ...

To most people on the planet, the Covid-19 pandemic is over. But for many scientists who have been tracking the largest global infectious disease event in the era of molecular biology, there is still ...

Tis the season for sniffling, coughing and calling out of work. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic took off in 2020, so too did questions over the effectiveness of wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the virus. Now, four years later, what does the science say? In ...

NEW YORK -- You better start stocking up on your surgical or N95 or KN95 masks. Studies are emerging that cloth masks are not as effective in preventing the spread of COVID. A study released in ...