Differing strains of the coronavirus continue to appear around the world and a new COVID-19 variant, the so-called "Delta" variant, has health experts concerned. The variant, otherwise known as B.1617 ...

Record numbers of children are being hospitalized with COVID-19, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Just over 1,900 pediatric hospitalizations due to ...

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay an $8.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act under a COVID relief program, the Department of Justice announced ...

WESTCHESTER CO. (WABC) -- Delta Airlines said it is suspending service at 10 smaller regional airports through summer as part of a previously announced 85% reduction ...

Here’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about the Delta variant, its symptoms, characteristics and other things to watch for: Viruses constantly change through mutation, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images An alleged warning has spread online for years about a supposed "new COVID-Omicron XBB variant" — a new strain of the ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- A California couple says they were fully vaccinated, but still contracted COVID-19 while on vacation as experts say breakthrough cases are possible, especially with the delta ...

The alpha variant has been the most prevalent lineage of the novel coronavirus in the United States since April, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects that is no longer the ...

North Carolina's summertime COVID-19 spike is putting the state back in a troublesome spot: back above 1,000 daily cases; the Delta variant spreading fast; and still way too many unvaccinated people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...

More than half of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. But based on a new scenario model by Johns Hopkins the next three months are crucial if we want to ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Encouraging new data suggests the omicron variant, while highly contagious, is less severe than the delta variant. The variant has now been found in 21 states, as the U.S. continues ...