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May 3, 2024 · The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including the now dominant KP.2 strain, are circulating in the US. Experts discuss symptoms, transmission and vaccines. May 3, 2024, 4:38 PM UTC / Updated...
Apr 30, 2024 · April 30, 2024 – In recent weeks, COVID-19 forecasters have reported on a new set of variants picked up in wastewater surveillance. Nicknamed FLiRT, they’re threatening to cause a new...
May 13, 2024 · So in evading antibodies, these FLiRT variants may have also lost some ability to bind to their receptor. At the same time, the 572 mutation appears to allow the virus to more tightly bind to cells and ultimately cause an infection. Do people who recently had COVID have any protection against infection from FLiRT variants?
May 13, 2024 · The new FLiRT subvariants, officially known as KP.2 and KP.1.1, are believed to be roughly 20% more transmissible than their parent, JN.1, the winter's dominant subvariant, said Dr. Peter...
Apr 29, 2024 · T he COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide. These variants are distant Omicron...
May 13, 2024 · A new variant, however, has taken over and may lead to an increase in cases this summer. KP.2, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant, currently accounts for an estimated 28.2% of COVID cases after making up just 1.4% of cases in mid March, according to data from the Centers for Disease and Prevention.
May 15, 2024 · NPR. Published May 15, 2024 at 9:33 AM EDT. Listen • 3:46. Two new sub-variants, nicknamed FLiRT, are responsible for a growing number of COVID-19 infections. But they do not appear to be causing a surge of infections — yet.
