The World Health Organization has added the "mu" strain to its list of COVID-19 "variants of interest." The strain, also know as B.1.621, was first documented in Colombia in January 2021 but didn’t ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri recently published a study showing that COVID-19 can cause long term damage to the eye if left untreated. Dr. Pawan Singh, a professor at the University of ...

COLUMBIA - Researchers from the MU School of Medicine say they discovered a high level of COVID-19 and influenza co-infections in mid-Missouri during last year's flu season. The research comes from ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- As long as there is on-going COVID-19 transmission somewhere in the world, there will be new variants. That's according to infectious disease expert, Dr. Jorge Salinas with ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...

South African scientists identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in COVID-19 infections in the country's most populous province. In a statement on ...

COLUMBIA − Patients with a positive COVID-19 test and are experiencing symptoms may be eligible for an outpatient treatment option at MU Health Care. Patients might be selected base on when their ...

The current MU Health testing site at 2003 W. Broadway, Suite 100, has been open from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The small lobby has often resulted in a line of patients wrapped ...

As the need for testing and care for those infected with COVID-19 continues to surge amid the omicron variant, nonemergent surgeries are moving back in line. Dr. Laura Hesemann, chief of staff at MU ...

Public health experts say lingering skepticism and controversy surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine have fueled hesitancy toward ...