Covid cases rising in US as officials plan to restrict booster vaccines Risks of a wave are compounded by new vaccine restrictions from the Trump administration The Guardian - US · Aug 5, 2025
Will cattle be the next evolutionary lab for flu host-switching? Cows may serve as a potential host for influenza A virus, with implications for zoonotic transmission to humans. The Hindu · May 11, 2024
CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic. WEKU · May 5, 2023
China's COVID surge prompts CDC to expand a hunt for new variants among air travelers It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful. WEKU · Jan 14, 2023
RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots 'up like a rocket' RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant. WEKU · Jan 6, 2023
COVID-19-mutation risk drives rush to test travelers from China COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers traveling from China highlight mounting concerns about the potential for undetected new strains of the virus spawned by the country’s burgeoning outbreak. Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022