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

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.

A COVID-19 subvariant called BA.3.2, nicknamed “Cicada,” is spreading rapidly across the United States after first being ...

The cicada variant is a new mutated version of COVID-19. National Medical Director Dr. Natasha Bhuyan with One Medical ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is spreading across the United States, according to public health officials. This version, officially known as BA.3.2, has been dubbed the “Cicada” variant, after the insect ...

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 ...

Health officials first confirmed BA.3.2 in the US from a traveler arriving from the Netherlands in June 2025, and it has ...

COVID-19 mutates more rapidly than other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu, which raises ongoing concern that a new, ...

NEW YORK -- Daily Covid-19 cases in the US reached a record high on Thursday, with experts warning that death rates could triple by mid-January. There were 88,521 new cases of the coronavirus reported ...

The new variant has spread to at least 25 states as of mid-February, the CDC reported.