A new COVID-19 variant spreading across the United States may cause an extremely painful sore throat—dubbed the "razor throat"—among its symptoms. The new "Nimbus" strain, also known as COVID-19 NB 1.

A new COVID-19 strain has been reported in dozens of countries, including the U.S. Here's what you should know about it.

COVID appears to be on the rise as a new, highly contagious subvariant — featuring “razor blade throat” symptoms overseas — is becoming increasingly dominant.

A second senior CDC official has resigned in two weeks, citing fears that scientific integrity is being undermined under vaccine sceptic Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Fiona Havers,

The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.

World-renowned infectious-disease epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff — who was fired from Harvard Medical School last year after refusing the COVID vaccine — just got a new gig. Kulldorff has been named a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.

COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in some parts of California as a new, highly contagious subvariant—featuring "razor blade throat" symptoms overseas—is becoming increasingly dominant.

NEW YORK (AP) — All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions” made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that could lead to more preventable disease spread.