WHO sounds the alarm: New COVID variant is most transmissible yet Friday, January 6 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization is warning that a new omicron subvariant known as XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible strain to date.As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in some parts of the Northeast -- where the subvariant makes up about 75% of new cases,... Read More.
UK COVID variant more transmissible but may not be more deadly, new studies indicate Monday, April 12 by ABC News(LONDON) -- Two new British studies suggest that the B.1.1.7 variant is more transmissible than the original COVID-19 variants; however, it does not appear to be more deadly or cause more severe symptoms.One of the studies, published in The Lancet Public Health, also reported... Read More.