Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Researchers have solved the first step in treating the common cold, by mapping its entire genome, or genetic map, teams from the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported ...

West Nile virus is surging across the U.S. this summer, with infections running about 40% higher than normal, according to new reports. The virus is most commonly spread to people through the bite of ...

A new map has revealed where Covid cases are surging in the US, as fears mount over a fast-spreading new strain. The variant XFG, also known as Stratus, has become the dominant strain nationwide and ...

A person living in New York tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in the first reported transmission within the US in six years, officials said on Tuesday. The chikungunya virus is ...

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ...

High counts of West Nile virus cases are being reported in the U.S. this year, according to federal health data — and health officials are warning the season for this mosquito-borne disease isn't over ...