Just in time for summer, health leaders are keeping a close eye on a new, highly mutated COVID strain already circulating in California that has the potential to spread rapidly. The variant is called ‘Cicada’ and is nicknamed after the insect because of its ability to go away for a period of time and then re-emerge.

Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “cicada,” are still circulating, along with several other respiratory illnesses and a nasty stomach bug.

BA.3.2, a heavily mutated new COVID-19 variant which may be better able to escape immunity from vaccines or prior infection, is now spreading in the United States. Although COVID cases are currently low nationally, the BA.3.2 strain is gaining traction ...

For Elle Seibert, learning to live with the effects of long COVID has been an ongoing challenge over the last four years. “I would really struggle to make it through a workday,” Seibert said. “I wasn’t doing physical labor at my job; I was typing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom. “The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member,

Six years later, the true scale of the vaccines’ side effects is emerging. Yet those coping with life-changing conditions remain ignored

Two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers suspected of committing unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic were arrested Friday. Officers Peter Mastrocinque and Nicole Grant were arrested by personnel from the department's ...