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What to KnowYou've probably heard about the XBB.1.5 variant; it's the latest "most transmissible COVID variant yet" and appears to be better at binding to human cells, which may make it more adept at infectingThere's no…

Photo credit: Marguerite Augier Ohio University students Olivia Lutz and Cydnee Livingston (middle) interview some members of the Columbus Fashion Week hair styling team.…

The spread of BQ.1.1 is of concern because multiple small studies published earlier this month suggest the variant is among the best yet at evading antibody immunity, the body’s first line of defense against infections. Even people who…

A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza has claimed the lives of 74 Californians under the age of 65 since the flu season began…

In just over a month since a new COVID variant known as BQ.1 was first named, that strain and a descendant called BQ.1.1 have already grown to make up more than 10% of new infections across the country, according to updated…

Dr. Anthony Fauci has a sober warning for Americans: Don't be surprised if a new, more dangerous Covid variant emerges this upcoming winter."We should anticipate that we very well may get another variant that would emerge, that would…

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 06: Horses jump out of the starting gates in the Banjo Paterson Series ... Final during Melbourne racing at Flemington Racecourse on July 6, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty…

New research may explain why some people with COVID-19 only experience minor, flu-like symptoms and others have severe disease that can result in death.It may be the most baffling quirk of COVID: While some infected individuals only have…

The world has built up a lot of immunity in the nine months since the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus became dominant, driving a record wave of infections.That immunity from vaccines and past infection is helping to keep down…

The latest subvariant of the novel-coronavirus is spreading fast. And the federal government is struggling to keep up. There’s a lot the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can do to slow the BA.5…