The U.S. is recording at least 148,400 new Covid-19 cases and at least 3,100 virus-related deaths each day, based on a seven-day average calculated by CNBC using Johns Hopkins University data. Dr.

The Cicada COVID variant has been making headlines lately, though it isn’t the virus’s official scientific name. This newer strain has shown a knack for being more transmissible, which explains why so ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late ...

A pill called ensitrelvir is the first drug shown to effectively reduce infection after exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

And in recent days, another one has made itself known in the wake of a rare hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship: the ...

The coverage on this live blog has ended — for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus, visit CNBC's latest live blog. As the U.S. vaccine rollout gains momentum, six states are still lagging ...

Social media claims linking Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to hantavirus infection are misleading. A fact-check shows that the ...

Long COVID affects up to 18 million Americans, yet research funding remains inadequate. Experts call for aggressive NIH investment in novel treatments.