Deadlier Mpox Infections Discovered In People With Advanced HIV

Topline Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, can produce a more severe and more deadly form of disease in people living with advanced HIV infections, researchers wrote in the Lancet medical journal on T...

Monkeypox In Women Frequently Misdiagnosed As Sexually Transmitted Infections, Study Finds

Topline Monkeypox mainly spreads among women and nonbinary people through sexual contact, but some infections could be flying under the radar as they are often misdiagnosed as other diseases known to ...

Lea Michele Cancels ‘Funny Girl’ Performances Only Days Into Run After Covid-Like Symptoms

Topline Just four days after Lea Michele made her buzzy debut as the lead in Funny Girl on Broadway, the actress announced on Instagram she will not perform Saturday, after showing early symptoms of C...

Biden tests positive for Covid again, will restart isolation despite no new symptoms

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 o...

Monkeypox Symptoms Are Different From Previous Outbreaks, Doctors Warn

Topline People infected with monkeypox during the ongoing global outbreak are displaying symptoms not typically associated with the viral infection, according to research published in the British Medi...

Researchers Find More Symptoms Of Long Covid

Topline Long Covid sufferers endure a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, according to new research published Monday in Nature Medicine, the latest study to shed light on the poorly underst...

Covid Patients Should Take An Antiviral Even If They Don’t Have Severe Symptoms, Study Finds

Topline Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral Paxlovid and Merck’s coronavirus pill molnupiravir appear to guard against hospitalizations and death even when people aren’t experiencing severe symptoms, a ...

President Joe Biden likely has Covid-19 BA.5 variant; symptoms improving

President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter “Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwrig...

Biden Had Low Fever But Covid Symptoms Have ‘Improved,’ Doctor Says

Topline President Joe Biden’s doctor said Friday Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms have improved since he tested positive for the illness, though Biden suffered a low-grade fever, which has since returned to ...

President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has mild symptoms

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House said Thursday. The 79-year-old president, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid ...

Monkeypox Symptoms Look Different In Recent Cases Than Previous Outbreaks, Doctors Warn

Topline Monkeypox infections could be flying under the radar as symptoms differ from what doctors have seen in the past, according to a study published Friday in Lancet Infectious Diseases, as public ...

Nearly 1 In 3 Children With Covid Have Experienced Long-Lasting Symptoms, Study Finds

Topline Almost one in three among thousands of Danish children diagnosed with Covid experienced long-lasting symptoms, according to a study published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health on Wednesday...

Smallpox Antiviral May Help Ease Monkeypox Symptoms, Study Says

Topline An antiviral normally used to treat smallpox may reduce the duration of monkeypox illness, according to a study published Tuesday by the Lancet Infectious Diseases, possibly opening a new aven...

Symptoms of mysterious liver disease affecting children, Covid links

Health experts are investigating the likely cause of a new children’s liver disease, which was first reported in the U.K. in January 2022, and whether it bears any connection to the coronavirus....

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With ‘Flu-Like Symptoms’

Topline After experiencing flu-like symptoms, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Friday, where he was diagnosed with an infect...

Queen Elizabeth tests positive for Covid, her symptoms are mild and she is vaccinated

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth reacts during a meeting with members of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery at Windsor Castle in Windsor, Britain, October 6, 2021. Steve Parsons | Pool | Reuters ...

Unvaccinated More Likely To Get Long Covid—And Suffer Symptoms For Longer—Studies Find

Topline People who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 are less likely to suffer from long Covid if they catch the virus than people who haven’t, according to a new review of studies by the U.K. Hea...

Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Reports Breakthrough Covid Infection, Has Mild Symptoms

Topline U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday said he has tested positive for Covid-19, a development that comes just days after the Pentagon moved to tighten restrictions as the highly infect...