FLiRT variants threaten a summer Covid wave, but experts say the …
WEB3 days ago · KP.2 — one of the so-called FLiRT variants — has overtaken JN.1 to become the dominant coronavirus variant in the United States, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
What to Know About New Covid Variants, ‘FLiRT’: Symptoms, …
WEBMay 10, 2024 · 201. Getty Images. By Dani Blum. May 10, 2024. For most of this year, the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus accounted for an overwhelming majority of Covid cases. But now, an offshoot variant called...
What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants - Johns Hopkins
WEBMay 13, 2024. By. Aliza Rosen. COVID-19. Infectious Diseases. Vaccines. At the end of March, the KP.2 variant was causing about 4% of infections in the U.S., according to the CDC, while its parental strain, JN.1, was causing over 50% of infections at that time.
The COVID "FLiRT" Symptoms You Need to Know About
WEB1 day ago · Muscle or body aches. Headache. New loss of taste or smell. Sore throat. Congestion or runny nose. Nausea or vomiting. Diarrhea. “Like similar recent strains, the incidence of loss of taste and ...
What to know about the new covid ‘FLiRT’ variants
WEB5 days ago · The CDC has identified a second emergent variant, KP.1.1. But it is KP.2 that is leading the pack. Both new variants belong to a group of coronavirus variants dubbed “FLiRT” by scientists.
A new COVID-19 variant FLiRT has emerged. Here's what to know
WEBMay 10, 2024 10:25 AM PT. Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter’s dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus...
"FLiRT" COVID variants are now more than a third of U.S ... - CBS News
WEBMay 10, 2024 · More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes...
COVID "likely growing" in D.C. and 12 states, CDC estimates - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · The dominant strains of the virus circulating at the moment are known as KP.2 and KP.1.1, informally nicknamed the "FLiRT" variants.Health officials have said the two strains are closely related ...
What to Know About the 'FLiRT' Variants of COVID-19 | TIME
WEBApr 29, 2024 · T he COVID-19 lull in the U.S. may soon come to an end, as a new family of SARS-CoV-2 variants—nicknamed “FLiRT” variants—begins to spread nationwide. These variants are distant Omicron...
COVID 'FLiRT' variants spreading. Chicago experts urge vaccination.
WEBMay 9, 2024 · The name “FLiRT” is an acronym using the technical names for the mutations that caused the family of variants. Hannah Barbian, a virologist at the Regional Innovative Public Health Laboratory at...
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