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1 day ago · From the original Wuhan variant, to delta, to omicron, and several others in between, the virus has continued to evolve. New variants have driven repeated waves of infection and challenged doctors ...
5 days ago · 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.
2 days ago · The Covid-19 variant KP.2 has become the dominant strain in the US in recent weeks.We talked to our wellness expert to learn how this new strain is different from its predecessors.
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- Katia Hetter
4 days ago · Concerningly, a substantial portion of new cases were in people aged 90 and older. Likewise, in Queensland, 47 per cent of people hospitalised with COVID-19 last week were aged 75 years or older.
1 day ago · California may be headed to an earlier start to the summer COVID-19 season than normal as the latest family of coronavirus subvariants, FLiRT, has made significant gains nationally.
3 days ago · The highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.2.87.1, which emerged in South Africa in September 2023 (1, 2), has garnered global interest due to its unique constellation of many mutations in the spike protein.
4 days ago · Dr. Leana Wen: BA.2 is a subvariant of the Omicron variant.It appears to be even more contagious than Omicron. Like previous variants, it's spread through direct contact and is airborne. Someone ...
