Infections

The BQ and XBB subvariants of the COVID-19 virus Omicron have altered antibody evasion properties that make them more difficult to neutralize with current vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, according to a study published in the journal Cell.

Despite high vaccination rates in China, the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation projects that the country will see an "explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023," with peak cases and approximately 322,000 deaths expected around April 1, when around one-third of the population is projected to have been infected.

COVID "explod[ing]" in China despite its population being over 90% "fully" vaccinated.

Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged Friday that there is a "fatigue" about COVID-19 mandates as respiratory viruses surge across the U.S.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the state wants to hold vaccine makers responsible for false statements.

The CDC took nearly two years to formally recognize distinctions between masks for mitigating COVID-19 spread, finally saying in January that cloth masks offer "the least" protection and N95 respirators, which meet strict federal standards, "the highest."

COVID hospitalizations up in 42 regions. COVID deaths up from prior day.

Former president Bill Clinton has tested positive for COVID-19 and says he is thankful to have been vaccinated and boosted.

Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.

Coronavirus cases rise though America boasts a vaccination rate considered to be "above [the] world average" by Johns Hopkins, calling into question the drug's efficacy.