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 ...

A new COVID-19 variant sweeping through China has yet to make a sizable footprint in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. In January, a new COVID-19 variant known as NB ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images An alleged warning has spread online for years about a supposed "new COVID-Omicron XBB variant" — a new strain of the ...

Largely ignored by governments and trade unions, a new SARS-CoV-2 variant is spreading at great speed: the “Stratus” or “Frankenstein” variant, XFG. It is causing high levels of sickness absence in ...

A newer COVID variant called XFG is currently fueling cases of the virus across the country. Nicknamed “Stratus,” this variant first took hold over the summer and now makes up nearly 70% of COVID-19 ...

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 ...