One home swab now tells a household which of four winter respiratory viruses is present. But it can miss real infections that a lab PCR would catch ...

Hundreds of millions of people have long-term conditions as a result of an infection. Researchers are working out how to help them. In 2004, Amy Proal got an infection that changed her life. “I was in ...

COVID-19 is popping up in Central Texas wastewater at a high level after months at low levels. The increase in COVID in the wastewater indicates that people locally are shedding the virus when they ...

If you're 70 or older, or 50 or older with underlying health conditions, and have tested positive for COVID, you might have been offered free or subsidized antivirals. Earlier in the pandemic, these ...

More and more people throughout the United States are coming down with COVID-19 as we head toward the end of summer. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 ...

Coronavirus cases are growing across the U.S. in a late-summer surge. Here’s what to do if you start sniffling. In the years since COVID-19 swept the globe in 2020, upswings in infections have come ...

WASHINGTON – From a window on the seventh floor, Dr. Anthony Fauci recognized one of the hundreds of protesters swarming the lawn of the National Institutes of Health. They had blocked entrances and ...

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds. If further research reveals that reactivated viruses can cause people to ...

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. COVID-19 levels in Bay Area wastewater are up again this ...

Lauren writes about healthcare AI data interoperability, the science behind public health recommendations, and pharmaceutical advances in the rare disease space. Recent Covid vaccination appears to ...

What Is Xocova, and Why Does It Matter? Xocova (ensitrelvir) is a prescription antiviral medicine you take by mouth to lower your chance of getting COVID-19 after you have been in close contact with ...