William Schaffner: Norovirus is an intestinal virus that can make you very, very sick. It is indelicately called winter vomiting disease, and it begins suddenly, often with an explosive vomit that ...

CDC testing data for the same period reveals that 6.6 percent of COVID-19 tests came back positive, with Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin seeing the highest test positivity ...

In the midst of pandemic upheaval, researchers have gained fundamental insights about how the body fends off infections.

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SEATTLE — It’s been five years since the country’s first COVID-19 outbreak was recorded in Washington state. Health officials announced the first documented case in the U.S. in Snohomish County on Jan ...

Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

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Historically, COVID-19 symptoms have been fevers or chills, cough, shortness of breath, cough, congestion or a runny nose, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, fatigue and body aches, headache ...

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