The "highly mutated" variant could evade the latest COVID booster shot. What to know.

The symptoms of this variant are similar to previous strains, closely resembling a mix between the flu and a common cold.

While COVID-19 cases are down overall nationwide, the Cicada variant is quickly gaining ground, new data shows.

A heavily mutated offshoot of the Omicron lineage has now been detected globally, the CDC reports.

A newly identified COVID-19 variant is being monitored by federal health agencies after spreading to multiple states, ...

A new variant of COVID-19, dubbed cicada, is less susceptible to vaccination and appears to discriminate based on age, ...

The COVID-19 variant BA.3.2, nicknamed "Cicada," has been detected in at least 23 countries and half the states in the U.S.

After first being detected in 2024, a highly mutated, formerly "underground" COVID-19 variant has reemerged and is spreading ...

Vaccination and past infection may not protect against a new strain of the COVID-19 virus known as Cicada. Here's what you ...

In fall 2025, rumors spread that the strain of the virus in circulation that causes COVID-19 had "very different signs" compared to other strains of the virus. Referring to it as "COVID-25," people ...

A new COVID variant, nicknamed "cicada," is spreading through at least half the nation. Here's what we know about the variant ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the highly divergent SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2 was first ...