This novel coronavirus is bizarre for many reasons, making its spread unpredictable and hard to control. One oddity is how easily people can get infected by someone without symptoms. But there's a ...

Yesterday, a World Health Organization official said that it is, quote, "very rare" for the coronavirus to be transmitted from asymptomatic carriers. Today she walked that statement back. Maria Van ...

LONDON -- It's an issue that's been argued about for months, both by experts and by people strolling through parks all over the world: Can people who don't feel sick spread the coronavirus, and if so ...

A common genetic variant explains why some people are asymptomatic after being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to our recently published study in the journal Nature. We found ...

Since the pandemic began, asymptomatic COVID has been a particular interest of mine, given its pivotal role in spreading infections and the likelihood that host genetics protect some individuals from ...

About 20% of patients with myelofibrosis initially have no symptoms, allowing many cases to exist under the clinical suspicion of primary care clinicians. The need to treat asymptomatic or minimally ...