Delta variant

As cases of coronavirus rise nationwide and the highly contagious delta variant spreads, parents are grappling with how to keep their children safe. That is especially true for children under 12 who are not yet eligible for the vaccine. Many schools are not requiring masks, questions remain whether play dates or other events are safe. Experts talked to NBCNews.com about…

It’s still unclear whether or not delta-plus is more infectious than the original variant, and the CDC will continue to evaluate its classification.

Beginning this weekend at Watkins Glen International, NASCAR will require all personnel to wear a face mask in enclosed areas at all times, regardless of vaccination status.

Tokyo organizers said Tuesday that 18 more Olympics-accredited people, including four athletes, had tested positive for the coronavirus.

China has suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019

Hospital medical directors say the surge happened quickly. COVID-19 has returned, infecting mostly the unvaccinated. One hospital in South Florida reports a 50% increase in COVID cases from last week. By and large, hospital systems in South Florida tell NBC 6 they are not having a crisis among staff, ventilators, masks, or other equipment. Doctors are just seeing a large…

Officials say Broward and Miami-Dade are leading the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations,

Look, we get it. COVID-19 stole a year from all of our lives, and just when we thought we saw the light at the end of the tunnel, the virus mutated several times. And now the newest variant has companies delaying a return to offices and some municipalities considering mask mandates.  In the words of baseball legend Yogi Berra,...

New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus.

An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slide presentation argues that “the war has changed” against COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update their mask guidelines on Tuesday, July 27, in light of surges of hyper-contagious delta variant. The CDC now recommends both unvaccinated and vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in public settings.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that all federal workers will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, two administration officials tell NBC News, following an internal policy review.

Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

President Biden said the government will “follow the science” when asked if vaccinated Americans will be encouraged to wear masks again with Delta variant infections on the rise, and reiterated the importance of getting vaccinated, saying, “We have a pandemic among the non-vaccinated.”

So far, the “variant of interest” has been detected in 29 countries, and it may spread more quickly than milder versions of the coronavirus.

COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation

COVID-19 cases have tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation

The U.S. surgeon general says he’s worried about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly.

Even as the pandemic evolves and new variants emerge that are more transmissible or can make people sicker, human behavior remains one of the biggest pieces of the equation.

The news of Miami-Dade County Commission chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz’s positive test results for COVID-19 highlights an increase in the number of cases – both in those who have been vaccinated and those who still have not. Infectious disease experts say they’re seeing alarming increases of hospitalizations among those who are not vaccinated. “Many of them are younger people,...