WastewaterSCAN observed a delayed summer wave compared with prior years, yet early August median wastewater levels surpassed the region’s winter peak while remaining below 2025 intensity. CDC ...

Experts are here to remind you that COVID-19 is still very much a problem ― and it may be the reason you have a runny nose right now. According to Dr. Neil Maniar, a professor of public health at ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

A highly mutated COVID-19 strain is circulating in California — raising concerns that disease activity could rise heading into the summer. The emergence of the BA.3.2 strain, nicknamed "cicada," comes ...

Flu is outpacing Covid in the U.S. for the second consecutive winter, raising questions about America's future with the respiratory illness. While an estimated 25 million Americans have been stricken ...

The updated 2026-27 influenza vaccine is available in pharmacies and doctors’ offices now. The updated 2026-27 COVID-19 vaccine was not yet available as of Aug. 26. But it was expected soon. Last year ...

COVID-19 cases are rising in Tennessee as students return to school, with a larger surge expected in the winter. An infectious disease expert suggests waiting until October to get flu and COVID-19 ...

Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care. Figures show 950 admissions this August, which jumped to 4,939 in September ...