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'Scrabble variants' now cause the majority of new Covid-19 infections in the US

Por: CNN Health October 29, 2022

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CNN  —  The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Instead, a host of new sublineages – offshoots of BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5 – are now responsible for the majority of new infections in this country. Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, calls... + full article



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