New confusion over asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19. We've been told by public health experts for weeks that COVID-19 is being spread in part by masses of sick people who show no symptoms. Now, ...

Social media users have falsely claimed asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection is the same as being completely healthy and there are no associated harms. But studies suggest that people who don’t initially ...

Two-thirds or more of people infected with COVID-19 who infect others may do so before ever showing symptoms themselves, a prospect that is prompting intense activity to understand the so-called ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai's unusually high proportion of asymptomatic cases among its reported COVID-19 infections could be partly explained by blurred lines between "mildly symptomatic" and ...

A top World Health Organization official clarified on Tuesday that scientists have not determined yet how frequently people with asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 pass the disease on to others, a day ...

Earlier this week, a comment from Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 response, offered yet another cautionary tale of what happens when scientific ambiguity ...

Last week, an official at the World Health Organization said asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus appears to be rare. They’ve since clarified their remarks. CNN Chief Medial Correspondent Dr.

Slate is making its essential coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. On Monday, the World Health Organization held a press conference suggesting that ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai’s unusually high proportion of asymptomatic cases among its reported COVID-19 infections could be partly explained by blurred lines between “mildly symptomatic” and ...