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New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 could be more than 1 in 3 cases, CDC says
The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.
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Epidemiologist fired from Harvard after refusing COVID shot named to CDC vaccine panel
World-renowned infectious-disease epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff — who was fired from Harvard Medical School last year after ...
CDC official overseeing agency recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines resigns
A medical officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was working on the committee that was weighing ...
Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance
There was a notable absence last week when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a ...
CDC official who oversaw COVID-19 vaccine recommendations has resigned following HHS rollback
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy ...
'Razor Throat': Nimbus COVID Symptoms To Watch For As New Variant Rises
Infectious disease expert and CEO of Wellness and Equity Alliance, Dr. Tyler B Evans, previously told Newsweek that there was "no clear evidence that this subvariant presents dramatically different ...
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New COVID variant swiftly gains ground in US; concern looms for summer wave
While COVID-19 transmission remains low in the US, health experts are anxious about the potential for a big summer wave as ...
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New COVID strain jumps to over 1 in 3 US cases: 4 notes
NB.1.8.1 — a new COVID-19 variant tied to a surge in China — now accounts for around 37% of cases in the U.S., according to variant proportion estimates from the CDC. Four notes: ...