COVID Variants

The agency cautioned it's currently not clear whether BA.3.2 can cause more severe illness or more significant impacts on the U.S. health care system.

The order comes as COVID-19 levels have continued to fall in recent days, according to federal data.

About two dozen states have reported 'likely growing' or 'growing' numbers of cases, the CDC says.

For the period between Aug. 3 and Aug. 30, XFG made up about 78 percent of cases, the CDC says.

'What surprised me most was that even people who hadn’t had Covid showed significant increases in brain ageing rates,' the study's lead author said.

Activity for COVID-19 remains low and very low for respiratory activity overall, according to the agency.

A map and data released by the CDC shows that 25 states are seeing increases or likely increases in cases of the virus.

The variant is different from one that is currently dominant in the United States and drove infections in China this year.

The variant is believed to cause a sore throat that’s been dubbed the 'razor blade throat' or 'razor throat.'

Some doctors and outside health experts have said patients are reporting a sharp 'razor blade' throat or 'razor throat.'

Officials have forecast that it is not expected to produce a significant risk to public health.

Currently, CDC figures show that COVID-19 activity across the United States is 'very low.'

The LP.8.1 COVID-19 variant, an offshoot of the Omicron strain, makes up about 73 percent of all cases.

Officials in several countries near China have expressed concern about the variant.

The NB.1.8.1 variant is currently the dominant strain in China, data has shown.

The number of cases 'has not met the threshold for inclusion in the COVID Data Tracker dashboard,' a CDC spokesperson said.

The World Health Organization says that the risk to public health posed by the variant is currently low.

It's now the No. 2 most common COVID-19 strain in the country.

Two new variants of the virus account for more than half of all reported U.S. cases, the agency said.

KP.3.1.1 is 'very similar to other circulating variants in the United States,' an agency spokesperson said.

Another 17 states are seeing 'high' levels of the virus, according to the agency.

Even more states are seeing 'high' levels, CDC data show.

The agency stated that there is no evidence that LB.2 can cause more severe disease.

Recent CDC statistics show that COVID-19 cases are on the rise in several dozen U.S. states.

However, weekly deaths and virus-linked hospitalizations are at the lowest point since the pandemic started in early 2020, the agency said.

The World Health Assembly agreed on amendments to International Health Regulations and committed to completing a global pandemic agreement within a year.

A new family of COVID-19 variants named ‘FLiRT’ is now dominant in the United States. The CDC reports that one in three COVID-19 cases are caused by these variants. Although ...