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Doctors Warn About 3 New COVID Variants—What to Know About ‘FLiRT’ Strains
Prevention via Yahoo News· 2 days 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....
Precise control balances epidemic mitigation and economic growth - npj Urban Sustainability
Nature· 6 hours agoThe SEIR (Susceptible/Exposed/Infected/Recovered) compartmental model has been a conventional approach in simulating the dynamics of epidemic and virus spread51,52,53. In this model, the infected ...
Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 1 day agoPfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is...
Alaska health officials point to wastewater sampling as useful disease-tracking tool
Alaska Public Radio Network· 19 hours agoThe information gleaned from testing at the Anchorage plant is an example of the way wastewater...
Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19
Medical Xpress· 20 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 ...
Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?
LiveScience· 3 days agoCases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been on the rise in various countries, including the...
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...
What to know about the new 'FLiRT' COVID variants
Fox News· 7 days ago"FLiRT" is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus' spike protein. CDC data suggests COVID-related hospitalizations...
Biolabs International LLC launches SpeedySwab™ Rapid COVID-19 + Flu A&B Antigen Self-Tests,...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 2 days agoBiolabs International LLC announced earlier in May an exclusive partnership with Watmind USA™; the...