California’s COVID numbers are on the rise thanks, in part, to new subvariants, suggesting an earlier-than-normal start to the summer season. The percentage of COVID tests coming back with positive results in the state rose to 5.3% for the week that ended June 3, up from 2.2% the month before. The numbers are still relatively […]
(Reuters) -Vaccine makers should consider targeting one of the currently dominant JN.1 variants and JN.1-derived subvariants such as KP.2 as they develop COVID-19 shots for the 2024-2025 campaign, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s staff said on Monday. The FDA reviewers said since the difference between JN.1 and newer subvariants such as KP.2 subvariants is […]
There are growing signs of an uptick in COVID-19 in California thanks to the new FLiRT subvariants. It’s far too early to know if FLiRT will be a major change in the COVID picture, and so far the impacts have been small. But health officials are taking note and are urging Californians — especially those […]
California may be headed to an earlier-than-normal start to the summer COVID-19 season, with coronavirus concentrations in sewage rising in some areas along with the statewide positive-test rate. The trend comes as the latest family of coronavirus subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, have made significant gains nationally. The FLiRT subvariants — officially known as KP.2, KP.3 […]