The Boston Globe: “COVID isn’t done with us yet. Wastewater surveillance is showing signs that COVID infections are creeping up again. And recent analysis suggests that rise may be driven in part by a new type of variant called “FLiRT.”👇
bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/met…

WP: 'By now, it’s as familiar as sunscreen hitting the shelves: Americans are headed into another summer with new coronavirus variants and a likely uptick in cases.' 👇
washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05…

LA Times: “California may be headed to an earlier-than-normal start to the summer COVID season, with coronavirus concentrations in sewage rising. The trend comes as the FLiRT family of coronavirus subvariants made significant gains nationally.”👇
latimes.com/california/sto…

CNBC: “New strains of COVID are spreading globally, raising concerns among health professionals about a possible summer spike in cases, four-and-a-half years since the onset of the pandemic.”👇
cnbc.com/2024/05/22/new…

Daily Mirror: 'Rise in new COVID FLiRT variant around the world sparks fears of summer surge in cases. The coronavirus continues to mutate from its earlier strains with a rise in variants dubbed FLiRT by scientists in the US and Europe.'👇
mirror.co.uk/news/health/ri…

Forbes: 'KP.2 variant's dramatic rise signals that KP.2 has properties that promote viral transmission and has experts discussing whether another COVID surge is on the horizon.' 👇
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Deseret News: “COVID levels have been lower than usual, but a new set of variants could make summer unpredictable when it comes to the novel coronavirus.”👇
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FT: “New COVID variants are spreading around the world and stoking fears of a summer surge in cases in the US, in the latest sign of the infectious disease’s ability to mutate and potentially threaten collective immunity.”👇
ft.com/content/1db295…

Bloomberg: “Singapore’s government is closely tracking a new wave of COVID infections in the island-nation after the estimated count of weekly cases nearly doubled in the week ended May 11.”👇
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The Seattle Times: “Just when it seemed that 4 years since the pandemic had been long enough to be rid of the COVID virus, a new variant ‘FLiRT’ has shown up just in time for summer. Now, some are considering whether masking up may be a safe option .”👇
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h…

Bloomberg: “COVID remained a bigger killer than the flu last winter, despite hopes the pandemic virus would eventually blend into the background with other respiratory germs that cause seasonal epidemics, a US study showed.”👇
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Neuroscience News: “Researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can penetrate the blood-retinal barrier, potentially causing long-term eye damage. The study found that the virus induces a hyperinflammatory response and cell death in the retina.”👇
neurosciencenews.com/covid-eye-dama…

The Telegraph: “Health agencies are racing to determine the origins of a MERS outbreak in Saudi Arabia, after 3 people with no direct contact to camels contracted the coronavirus, a close relative of SARS-COV-2.”👇
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Daily Mirror: “A new COVID strain feared to be behind a sudden rise in cases around the world is feared to be “harder to stop”. Latest figures from the UK Health Safety Agency show a rise of 15.7% in confirmed cases as the virus continues to mutate.”👇
mirror.co.uk/news/health/fe…

NewsNation: “Two new COVID variants are circulating, and they have the potential to evade immunity that could lead to a summer surge. The new strains are subvariants of the Omicron variant, known as KP.2 and KP.1.1, but which have been nicknamed FLiRT.”👇
newsnationnow.com/health/coronav…

FT: ' #LongCOVID is exerting a silent drag on work and health, say officials and economists who warn that a struggle to count the costs of the condition is leaving authorities “shooting in the dark”.👇
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iNews: “Cases involving FLiRT variants have soared to account for ¼ of all UK COVID infections. At the same time, the immunity from vaccines and previous infections is likely to be waning after months of very low levels of the virus.”👇
inews.co.uk/news/science/n…

TIME: “The COVID 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 relatives that spun out from JN.1.”👇
time.com/6972143/covid-…

Cosmos Magazine: “A new research published in the BMG Public Health Journal found that dyspnoea – or a shortness of breath – occurred in around 1 in 8 #longCOVID patients among around 6,400 diagnosed outpatients.”👇
cosmosmagazine.com/health/shortne…

Scientific American: “Vaccination dramatically lowers #longCOVID risk. Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms.”👇
scientificamerican.com/article/vaccin…