By Alix Martichoux, October 20, 2024 Depending on when you last got vaccinated, that COVID-19 shot may no longer be a good match for the variants expected to dominate this fall and winter. As a virus circulates, it continues to …
Will your last COVID vaccine work against new ‘FLiRT’ variants?
By Addy Bink, Nexstar Media Wire News, May 11, 2024 There are two new COVID-19 variants circulating, posing a threat to a summer surge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking the new variants, scientifically known as KP.2 …
What to know about new COVID-19 shots, RSV treatments
Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, August 21, 2023 The U.S. will head into this year’s fall and winter respiratory virus season with new tools aimed at easing the threat of infections due to a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) …
Where is the XBB.1.5 COVID variant most common? CDC data explains
Addy Bink, The Hill, January 22, 2023 For nearly a month, the U.S. has been dealing with a new, now-dominant COVID variant, XBB.1.5. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, while it had previously …
New omicron subvariant BA.5 now a majority of US COVID-19 cases
Peter Sullivan, The Hill, July 5, 2022 A new omicron subvariant known as BA.5 now comprises a majority of U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to data released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data is a …