The EG.5 variant is estimated to be the "dominant" strain in the U.S. because it makes up the largest share of new cases of COVID-19 compared to other variants. On Aug. 18, the CDC estimated EG.5 made up 20.6% of new infections. On Sept. 1, estimates increased to 21.5% of ne...
There’s a new variant of COVID and omicron called HV.1 that is spreading rapidly around the United States. The variant is a powerful and contagious mutation of the deadly virus that has only been around for a few months but has quickly become theleading strain of COVIDin the US. Scient...
New COVID variants are popping up and they could be different. The pandemic made 2020 a mess for many reasons but it looks like it's not done yet. But there's another round of COVID that's making the rounds andis establishing itself as the dominant variant: JN.1. The CDC says that...
The CDC is recommending the new COVID booster shot universally for anyone older than 6 months after its panel of outside vaccine advisers endorsed it. Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joined CBS News to talk about the new booster ...
The CDC no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID, but recommends taking other precautions once your symptoms subside.
The World Health Organization and US health authorities said Friday they are closely monitoring a new variant of COVID-19, although the potential impact of BA.2.86 is currently unknown. The WHO classified the new variant as one under surveillance "due to the large number (more than 30) of ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID‐19 guidelines to align with guidance for other respiratory illnesses (e.g., RSV and the flu) ( https://bit.ly/49uUKLL ). The update comes as the United States faces fewer hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID‐19....
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly 70 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the United States in the latest week, according to estimates released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...
Bennett has regularly referred to the “Omega strain,” the next harmful COVID-19 variant that has not yet been discovered. A war game is a game of the mind; no physical exercises took place. Bennett said that Israel has surfaced from the Delta wave without locking down, provin...
The ascent of XBB.1.5 comes as COVID-19hospitalizationshave accelerated across the U.S. in recent weeks. The pace of new admissions is now worse than this past summer's peak in several regions. In New England, the CDC estimates that the rate of hospitalizations among the oldest Americans ...