Por: MarketWatch Politics October 19, 2022
Combined, they accounted for 11.4% of overall U.S. cases in the same week. Before last Friday’s data release, they were included in BA.5 variant data, as the numbers were too small to break out. BQ.1 was first identified by researchers in early September and has been found in the U.K. and Germany, among other places. The CDC is updating the numbers every Friday. “When you get variants like that, you look at what their rate of increase is as... + full article
The New York Times USA Health October 23, 2022
For more than two years, shuttered schools and offices, social distancing and masks granted Americans a reprieve from flu and most other respiratory infections. This winter is likely to be different.With few to no restrictions in place and travel and socializing back in full... + más
A ‘tripledemic’? Flu and other infections return as COVID-19 cases rise | The Boston Globe
Sheldon Jacobson and Janet Jokela: Will we have a severe flu season? It doesn’t need to be that way. | Chicago Tribune
CNN USA Health October 20, 2022
CNN — A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United States, these are BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, BA.4.6, BA.2.75 and BA.2.75.2. In other countries, the recombinant variant XBB has been rising quickly and... + más
Biden Covid officials scramble to plan for Omicron subvariant threat | Politico
What is storm surge, and what contributes to the deadly hurricane hazard? | CBS News
Time USA Health October 18, 2022
With another , experts are turning their attention to a pair of new variants that are steadily spreading: BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. Both BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 descended from BA.5, an Omicron subvariant that currently accounts for about 68% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But BA.5’s relatives... + más
WHO warns ability to identify new Covid variants is diminishing as testing declines | CNBC
Politico USA Health October 18, 2022
Top Biden health officials are increasingly concerned about the rise of new Covid variants in the U.S. that appear to evade existing treatments used to protect immunocompromised people from severe illness, according to three senior administration officials. The variants —... + más
Pfizer says omicron shots substantially boosted antibodies against BA.5 subvariant in early human data | CNBC
Pfizer asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid booster shots for kids ages 5 to 11 | CNBC
CBS News USA Politics October 15, 2022
In just over a month since a new COVID variant known as BQ.1 was first named, that strain and a descendant called BQ.1.1 have already grown to make up more than 10% of new infections across the country, according to updated estimates published Friday by the Centers for Disease... + más
What to know about the BA.4.6, BF.7 and BA.2.75 variants now growing nationwide | CBS News
CDC says some nursing homes and hospitals no longer need to require universal masking | CBS News
CNBC USA Health September 22, 2022
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020.Denis Balibouse ReutersThe World Health... + más
Mystery as to why new COVID variants have stalled in growth | ABC News
National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall | ABC News
ABC News USA Health September 19, 2022
Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S.However, for the last five weeks, federal data shows that there has been little to no growth in the different proportions of... + más
US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants | 10 WBNS
US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants | ABC News
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