A new - and potentially more transmissible - variant of COVID could become dominant this winter, experts believe. Global cases of the XEC variant have been rising slowly since it was first identified in Germany in June. In the US, the variant now accounts for 6% of sequenced infections, acc...
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases on Monday reported 6,381 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 related fatalities in South Africa over the past 24 hours. Health Minister Joe Phaahla recently said the rising cases were being driven by the new variant.■...
What Are the Bizarre Symptoms of JN.1? While these symptoms haven't officially been named as symptomsyet,many who have contracted the JN.1 variant have reported some symptoms that are new, and worth noting. Anew study out of the UKsuggests that these are the two new symptoms to look out...
New loss of smell or taste. This symptom, without a stuffy nose, is a common early warning sign of COVID-19. It may go away within 30 days. But in some cases, it can last 60 days or more. What Are the Symptoms of the Newest COVID-19 Variant? Most variants of the virus have ...
the types of symptoms and how severe they are usually depend more on a person's immunity and overall health rather than which variant causes the infection But in recent days (like a month ago), new symptoms that we haven't seen with the illness have been reported in COVID patients and ...
The shift likely occurred because the Delta variant tended to thrive in the lower respiratory system of those infected, while the Omicron variant, especially more recent strains, tends to thrive in the upper respiratory system. That’s subject to change, however, as the virus evolves. ...
What Are The Symptoms of the New Omicron COVID-19 Variant? 'Cold-like symptoms are the commonest,' Professor Spector explains. He details that: 'A headache sore throat fatigue runny nose and sneezing are the top ones.' 'That's followed by [more classic signs of Covid-19 infection]: ...
8 The biggest critique of this framework is that it remains difficult to identify the depressive equivalents. The masculine depression framework hypothesizes that the struggle to adhere to hegemonic masculine norms places men at risk for experiencing an alternative depression variant often characterized ...
But that doesn't mean we aren't still seeing some folks test positive. In fact, some people who are testing positive for COVID-19 are showing up with a new variant. This particular strain is descended from the Omicron variant of the virus, and it is proving to have some bizarre, new...
Viral activity in wastewater is currently “high,” the second-most severe rating. A new Omicron subvariant is in town, too, with KP.3.1.1 accounting for 28% of infections nationwide in the two-week period ended Aug. 3. Not to mention, the updated COVID vaccine isn’t yet available. ...