Subclade K has become the dominant form of flu and is slightly different from the virus targeted by this year’s flu vaccine.

FDA says it's aware of the strategy and is "open" to novel testing ideas. When the nation's top health officials testified virtually before lawmakers Tuesday, a major focus on getting a handle on the ...

Some foreign flights test travelers, but experts skeptical about practicality. In addition to the usual check-ins and security checks, travelers flying on Emirates to Tunisia from the Dubai ...

Until we reach the herd immunity milestone for Covid-19, when 75 percent to 90 percent of the population has been immunized through communal exposure or vaccination, we will be wearing masks, socially ...

This article was updated to include new information about LabCorp and Stanford Health Care’s pool testing efforts. As pandemic re-opening efforts show mixed success, across the U.S., there have been ...

It is a nightmare repeatedly playing in parents’ minds: Their child is welcomed back to their classroom, but in the excitement the kids get too close to one another, sharing germs. The children may ...

Getting tested for coronavirus in the U.S. has been difficult to impossible for many people, starting with technical difficulties with the kits initially developed by the Centers for Disease Control ...

As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, companies like Fitbit and Verily, Google’s sister company, are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools. By Natasha ...

This article will be updated regularly. The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for private companies to offer ways for people to test themselves for the virus from their own homes. But there's a ...

Scientists studying whales in the Arctic have uncovered a potentially lethal virus using an unusual new technique. The ...

A shortage of chemicals needed to test for the virus is part of what is slowing turnaround times. By Sarah Mervosh and Manny Fernandez Frustrated by a nationwide testing backlog, the governors of six ...

BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of coronavirus testing sites have popped up on sidewalks across Beijing and other Chinese cities in the latest development in the country’s “zero-COVID” strategy. Lines form ...