By Kaity Kline, August 15, 2024 If it seems like a lot of people are getting COVID right now, you’re not imagining it. We’re in the middle of a worldwide summer COVID-19 wave. A high or very high level of …
New COVID Variants Spark Summer Surge. Free Test Kits Are Still Available
By Mary-Elisabeth Combs, Peter Butler, Katie Teague, August 9, 2024 The COVID-19 surge reported earlier this summer shows no signs of slowing down in August. Infectious new omicron COVID variants KP.3 and KP.3.1.1 are accounting for about half of those new infections. California was one …
Is this the biggest Covid summer wave ever?
By Akshay Syal, M.D., August 9, 2024 The U.S. is in what may end up being its biggest summer wave of Covid, with no end yet in sight. “If you just talk about infections, this is probably going to end …
Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means
By Rob Stein, August 9, 2024 Four years after SARS-CoV2 sparked a devastating global pandemic, U.S. health officials now consider COVID-19 an endemic disease. “At this point, COVID-19 can be described as endemic throughout the world,” Aron Hall, the deputy director …
WHO raises concerns for COVID-19 surge as school heads back into session
By Joyce Orlando, August 8, 2024 As the new school year starts in Tennessee, the World Health Organization warns that COVID-19 cases could soon become an issue once school is back in session and flu season is upon us. The …