SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Preliminary data out of South Africa is giving the world insight into how strong omicron really is. The South African Medical Research Council just reported this variant may ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.

As evidence mounts that the omicron variant is less deadly than prior COVID-19 strains, one oft-cited explanation is that viruses always evolve to become less virulent over time. The problem, experts ...

COMPANY PROMOTED AND MONITORED OPIOIDS. RIGHT NOW, AT 446 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH, AND THERE IS A NEW VARIANT OF THE FLU VIRUS THAT’S CREATING AN EARLY SURGE OF ...

A new form of the flu, which is highly contagious and aggressive, is sweeping the nation this season. A mutation of influenza A H3N2, called subclade K, has been detected as the culprit in rising ...