COVID-19

They're pushing for more funding to find effective treatments. Researchers are finally starting to make headway but have a way to go.

SARS-CoV-2 has been evolving the ability to evade the immune system about twice as fast as the fastest-evolving flu virus. It averages more than a dozen significant changes every year.

There’s a measles outbreak in a West Texas county with one of the lowest childhood vaccination rates in the country. In other parts of the state, the flu is spreading like wildfire, causing mass absenteeism in schools. COVID numbers are also flaring up. And the rate of TB infections is also climbing higher. And it’s unclear what to expect from bird flu. We’re going to get the latest on the spread of infectious diseases and if we are ready.

National test scores painted a bleak picture of academic recovery for both Texas and the U.S. following the COVID-19 pandemic. But researchers found that there were positive signs for individual districts.

COVID-19, influenza, and RSV are on the rise for cold and flu season, and experts said kids are feeling it now.

For some Christians in the U.S., the 2020 Covid lockdowns fueled the belief that they were being politically persecuted, prompting them to now resolve to "take back" America as the election nears.

A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.

In a national survey, less than 20% of U.S. adults were concerned about respiratory viruses or interested in getting shots. A North Texas infectious diseases specialist talks about why.

Two of the updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at pharmacies all over the country. On Friday, the FDA authorized the Novavax shot, which is also expected to be available in the coming days.

The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID infections. CDC officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.