The heart of the opioid epidemic that killed 665,341 people in the United States between 2005 and 2020 shifted geographically from the Northwest to ...

Alongside this, a new Covid variant is also on the rise and is known as LP.8.1. This strain has already been detected in ...

LP.8.1, an Omicron offshoot, was designated by a variant under monitoring by the World Health Organization in January.

Though the media would like to frame COVID-19 as a thing of the past, it continues to be a reality for many people today.

Long COVID risk among pediatric patients was higher in those with a history of pneumonia as well as those with anosmia during their initial COVID-19 illness.

The latest variant on the rise is LP.8.1. It’s increasing in Australia, making up close to one in five COVID cases in New ...

Experts say LP.8.1’s symptoms align with those of other circulating strains, showing no heightened severity, suggesting it ...

LP.8.1 was first detected in July 2024. It’s a descendant of Omicron, specifically of KP.1.1.3, which is descended from JN.1, a subvariant that caused large waves of COVID infections around the world ...

So far this year, Australia has recorded close to 45,000 new COVID-19 cases, while around 260 people are currently in ...