Enlarge this image In hopes of getting a better sense of which SARS-CoV-2 variants might be coming into the U.S., the Centers…
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RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots ‘up like a rocket’
by Rob Stein January 6, 2023Enlarge this image U.S. infectious disease experts fear that a winter surge of respiratory illness — like the one that overloaded emergency…
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CRISPR gene-editing may boost cancer immunotherapy, new study finds
by Rob Stein December 13, 2022Enlarge this image Katie Pope Kopp, 64, of Parkville, Mo., at Union Station in Kansas City this week. Kopp underwent a new…
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Experts are concerned Thanksgiving gatherings could accelerate a ‘tripledemic’
by Rob Stein November 22, 2022Enlarge this image From left: 1) Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a human cell infected with H3N2 flu virus (gold filamentous…
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New omicron subvariants now dominant in the U.S., raising fears of a winter surge
by Rob Stein November 11, 2022Enlarge this image New COVID variants that are highly immune evasive have overtaken BA.5 to dominate in the U.S. Experts warn this…
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Omicron keeps finding new evolutionary tricks to outsmart our immunity
by Rob Stein October 25, 2022Enlarge this image An electron microscope image shows a SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated in the early days of the pandemic. It’s been nearly…
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Enlarge this image The new bivalent COVID-19 booster is offered by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Health experts say…
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Enlarge this image Gustavo Perez got his influenza vaccine from pharmacist Patricia Pernal in early September during an event hosted by the…