A new set of COVID-19 variants, nicknamed FLiRT, has been detected in wastewater surveillance, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From April 14 through ...
That vaccine is designed to target the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant. According to CDC data, it appears to protect against JN.1, ...
Here’s your go-to guide with everything you need to know about COVID-19, including the latest "FLiRT"variants and concerns ...
The vaccine provided similar levels of protection against XBB lineage variants ... risk for severe disease from COVID. In a ...
The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including the now dominant KP.2 strain, are circulating in the US. Experts discuss ...
As has often been the case throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC is implementing this policy shift during a lull ...
You are up to date when you get 1 updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine. Children Who Are Not Vaccinated: Children aged 6 months–4 years should get two or three doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine ...
Within the FLiRT family, one variant in particular has risen to prominence: KP.2, which accounted for about 25% of new ...
Second doses of the XBB.1.5-adapted COVID-19 vaccine are available for people aged 65 or older, indigenous people aged 55 to 64 and immunocompromised people aged six months or older, the Centers for ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data addressing the link, or lack thereof, between the COVID-19 vaccine and sudden cardiac death in otherwise healthy ...
A new group of COVID variants are circulating in the U.S., according to tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.