WHEN YOU TEST POSITIVE for Covid, you surely know by now that you can pass the virus along to others. But you might be unsure exactly how contagious you are at different stages of the illness—and when ...

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MILWAUKEE - The coronavirus XBB.1.5 variant is spreading quickly across the United States. Health officials warn it's the most contagious yet. The COVID XBB.1.5 variant accounts for more than 27% of ...

If you are battling with a bout of COVID currently, you may be wondering how long you will be contagious. During a Facebook Live last month, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr.

Cases of acute respiratory illnesses like flu and COVID-19 have dropped in Illinois, according to state data from January.

The COVID variant XEC is the latest strain being talked about amongst experts as the next possible dominant variant to watch for this fall. It’s been spreading across Europe this summer and is poised ...

Medically reviewed by Kate Colby, MPH The COVID-19 incubation period is the time between exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the onset of symptoms.Over 98% of people in the U.S. have some COVID-19 ...

Editor's note: The CDC updated its data and reported that XBB.1.5 accounts for 27% of cases as of Jan. 7. Read the latest update on the new variant here. The latest COVID-19 variant to sweep across ...

The newest COVID-19 variant is so contagious that even people who've avoided it so far are getting infected and the roughly 80% of Americans who've already been infected are likely to catch it again, ...

If you test positive for COVID-19, learn that a loved one has been infected or find out you’ve been exposed to someone with the virus, you undoubtedly have lots of questions. The one that probably ...