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May 13, 2024 · The version of the Covid-19 virus behind the latest spike in infections shares many of the same symptoms as earlier variants of Sars-CoV-2 : a sore throat, fatigue, headache and a cough....
May 10, 2024 · For many people who’ve already had Covid, a reinfection is often as mild or milder than their first case. While new cases of long Covid are less common now than they were at the start of the ...
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10 hours ago · As new variants of the coronavirus continue to gain traction, doctors and researchers are bracing for a potential rise in cases this summer. KP.2, one of these variants, now accounts for 28.5 ...
5 days ago · A COVID-19 antigen rapid test. A new variant of COVID-19, known as FLiRT, is now the most dominant strain in the U.S. This variant, which evolved from the omicron strain, is characterized by changes in its spike protein — the part of the virus that binds to host cells. Dr.
May 13, 2024 · What are the usual symptoms and transmission timeline for FLiRT variants? When it comes to symptoms, we’re not seeing anything new or different with these variants. We continue to see more mild disease, but that’s likely not because the virus is milder, but because our immunity is so much stronger now.
May 22, 2024 · Common symptoms of FLiRT are runny nose, nasal congestion, sore throat, and fatigue. Immunity from vaccination and prior infection means that COVID-19 symptoms are often mild, but...
May 21, 2024 · The FLiRT strains are subvariants of Omicron. One of them, KP.2, accounted for 28.2% of COVID infections in the United States by the third week of May, making it the dominant coronavirus variant in the country; another, KP.1.1, made up 7.1% of cases. Some experts have suggested that the new variants could cause a summer surge in COVID cases.
