When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and ...
Politifact

What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’ or BA.3.2.

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 or "cicada" is not widely circulating in the U.S. yet, but based on trends in Europe, it may become more prominent. Most evidence comes from laboratory data, but there are no ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Why experts say the hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID-19

Although hantavirus can be deadly, researchers say the virus behaves very differently from COVID-19 and is easier to contain ...
PBS

What we know about the new 'cicada' COVID-19 variant

A new variant of COVID-19 is buzzing. Its official name is BA.3.2, but it's earned the nickname "cicada" because, analogous to the insect's pattern, it first appeared back in 2024, went dormant for a ...