"As these viruses continue to evolve, public health officials watch carefully to see whether new strains will be more easily ...

Doctors across multiple countries are flagging a painful new COVID-19 symptom tied to a fast-spreading variant: a sore throat so severe that patients compare it to swallowing razor blades. The symptom ...

Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still exists. A public health expert explains what Long COVID ...

A large new study may help form some answers to those questions. In line with prior estimates, it finds that almost a quarter ...

New research finds metformin may not treat long COVID symptoms despite early promise. Learn what studies reveal about long COVID treatment and prevention.

A sore throat that feels like swallowing glass—a.k.a. “razor-blade throat”—has become one of the most talked-about of the new COVID symptoms linked to Stratus, the strain of the virus driving new ...

In fall 2025, rumors spread that the strain of the virus in circulation that causes COVID-19 had "very different signs" compared to other strains of the virus. Referring to it as "COVID-25," people ...

Researchers are still trying to understand why some people develop Long COVID: lasting symptoms of the disease that can ...

The first known meta-analysis of how SARS-CoV-2 variant type and time since infection influence long-COVID symptoms ties Omicron to brain fog and paresthesia (numbness and tingling), while earlier ...

COVID-19 is still a serious threat for a lot of people with compromised immune systems and pre-existing conditions that can cause complications—and now, a new variant, complete with new COVID symptoms ...

San Diego musician Drew Andrews was cooking soup on March 22, when out of the blue, he lost his sense of taste and smell. Actress Rita Wilson described losing her sense of taste and smell before ...

On Jan. 1, Kate Harmon Siberine marked four years living with long COVID. “I really wish I could tell you that things were ...