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Doctors Warn About 3 New COVID Variants—What to Know About ‘FLiRT’ Strains
Prevention via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNew COVID-19 variants known as “FLiRT,” KP.2, KP.3, and KP.1.1, are spreading fast. Doctors explain...
COVID is rising in California. Here's how to protect yourself from FLiRT subvariants
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoThere are growing signs of an uptick in COVID-19 in California thanks to the new FLiRT subvariants....
Alaska health officials point to wastewater sampling as useful disease-tracking tool
Alaska Public Radio Network· 9 hours agoThe information gleaned from testing at the Anchorage plant is an example of the way wastewater...
The FLiRT COVID variants: What are they and are they more contagious?
Reuters· 7 days agoThe moniker FLiRT is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus'...
Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19
Medical Xpress· 11 hours agoThe study, "Relative efficacy of masks and respirators as source control for viral aerosol shedding from people infected with SARS-CoV-2", was published May 29 in eBioMedicine. Milton is a UMD ...
Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 22 hours agoPfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is...
Biolabs International LLC launches SpeedySwab™ Rapid COVID-19 + Flu A&B Antigen Self-Tests,...
WROC Rochester· 1 day agoBiolabs International LLC announced earlier in May an exclusive partnership with Watmind USA™; the manufacturer of the acclaimed SpeedySwab™ Covid-19 Antigen ...
Researchers are developing an experimental bird flu mRNA vaccine
Quartz· 3 days agoResearchers are developing an mRNA-based vaccine against the contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that is...
Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?
LiveScience· 2 days agoCases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been on the rise in various countries, including the...
Chicago's measles outbreak is over
Crain s Chicago Business· 8 hours agoThe first case, confirmed on March 7, was the first case of measles in Chicago in five years. If it weren't for the more than 30,000 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine given to Chicago residents ...