Infectious

Columbia University infectious diseases expert Jeffrey Shaman predicted Sunday that the U.S. will see a growth in coronavirus cases in coming weeks as some states loosen restrictions.Shaman said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump administration officials have not taken full advantage of the past eight weeks of near-total lockdowns, saying that the period would have…

A new report is predicting that the coronavirus pandemic may last as long as two years and that it could take up to two-thirds of the global population being immune to effectively control the spread of the virus.The report, released Thursday from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of…

The Food and Drug Administration has “all but given up” its oversight responsibility on coronavirus antibody tests, one the country’s top infectious disease experts said Sunday. “We have the wild, wild West for testing right now,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota,…

Dr. Michael Saag is one of the nation's best authorities on the coronavirus — not only because he's researched viruses for more than three decades, but also because he recently recovered from the illness himself.Saag has published research on HIV/AIDS dating back to the 1980s. He now serves as the associate dean for global health…

closeVideoFDA clears first saliva test to diagnose coronavirusInsight from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.Welcome to Fox News's live question and answer session on the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, with infectious disease specialist Dr. Ralph Cipriani.Our editors selected questions from the more than 1,000 you submitted for Dr. Cipriani to answer.Follow below on the Fox News…