In today’s Health Alert, a new COVID variant is showing up in more than two dozen states, including right here in Michigan.

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

A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across the United States. As a pulmonary and critical care doctor, I see many ...

Health officials are monitoring BA.3.2 through wastewater samples, though the variant poses low additional public health risk ...

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 while, and resurfaced in the U.S. late ...

A recent CDC MMWR report described the BA.3.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant, nicknamed "cicada," as a new lineage of COVD-19 virus. The ...

Like cicadas, this variant has been lying dormant for about a year since it first emerged, but it is spreading more rapidly ...

Health officials say BA 3.2 shows signs of immune escape, but no increase in severity so far.

A COVID-19 variant is buzzing back to life after years of flying under the radar. Nicknamed “Cicada” for its long hibernation ...