More than a third ofCOVID-19cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 strain. JN.1 was the variant behind this pastwinter waveof infectio...
The World Health Organization declared the recently discovered B.1.1.529 strain of the COVID-19 virus to be a variant of concern on November 26 and renamed it Omicron. The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of COVID-19 variants, along with the globally dominant Delta...
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...
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The new, or ‘novel’ coronavirus is a previously unidentified strain of coronavirus, which is responsible for the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 – and has ...
COVID-19: What to know about the new strain XEC Article content And now there’s a new COVID-19 strain to consider. Article content Article content It’s called XEC, but what is it and will it cause a surge in cases? Experts say it’s unlikely to cause more severe illness but ...
What is paracetamol / Panadol called in the US? Medically reviewed byLeigh Ann Anderson, PharmD. Last updated on Jan 8, 2025. Official answer byDrugs.com Is Paracetamol the same as Tylenol? Paracetamol is known as acetaminophen in the USA. Acetaminophen relieves mild-to-moderate pain, headache...
For example, if someone has been to a conference in a country with Type C present, and then tested positive for the same strain, everyone else at that conference can be identified and told to isolate. "That is one really down to earth application of these phyl...
Here's what you need to know about the nasal COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial now underway: What is the new vaccine candidate? The candidate, MPV/S-2P, uses a live-weakened version of a virus called murine pneumonia virus (MPV), which does not cause disease in ...
Many executives are hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime event. However, as the adage goes, “hope is not a strategy.” There are ways to stand out and better navigate the storms of the next inevitable disruption. These include reimaging your supply chain strategies...
And its continued spread is generally being driven by two coronavirus strains: KP.3.1.1 and XEC variants. As one of the FLiRT strains that drove this summer's COVID-19 spike, KP.3.1.1 is though to be highly transmissible. Meanwhile, the XEC strain spread rapidly in Europe during the ...