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BEIJING: More than a month after China started seeing an exponential surge in Covid cases, the country has only reported two virus deaths, defying the experience of other, more vaccinated and better resourced places as they reopened and fueling suspicion the true scale of fatalities is being hidden.

China is reporting fewer COVID cases despite easing restrictions across the country.

The virus in 'Resident Evil' isn’t real (nor are zombies), but is it even plausible? Here's what the science says.

After virtually disappearing for the last two years, there are troubling clues that the flu could come roaring back this year, to cause trouble alongside COVID.

Researchers worldwide are racing to understand how pandemics unfold — and some are taking divergent and even risky paths to tackle the problem.

NEW YORK — The polio virus has been detected in New York City, health authorities said Friday, a jarring discovery arriving three weeks after the long-defeated virus reemerged in Rockland County north of the city. The potentially deadly virus was detected in sewage samples collected in the city.

The detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in London and New York is providing another stark reminder of the importance of vaccination and new forms of surveillance, public health experts say.

Early in the pandemic, doctors defined mild, moderate, and severe Covid. Two and a half years later, do they still make sense?

The president has advertised how he's hard at work while recovering from COVID; docs say that sets a bad precedent