In mainland China, the portion of patients going to the ER with COVID has more than doubled in the last month.

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The CDC has confirmed the new COVID-19 strain NB.1.8.1 in the U.S., with a low case count despite its spread in China.

NB.1.8.1 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in China, where it is contributing to spikes ... Cases have now been reported in a handful of states, including California, Hawaii, New York, Ohio, Rhode ...

By mid-May, the new COVID variant accounted for nearly 11% of sequenced samples globally. The WHO has labeled it a "variant ...

Doctors say the new variant appears to be more contagious than other variants but doesn't cause more severe illness.

NEW YORK-- Respiratory virus case numbers are increasing this summer, including a new variant of COVID-19. Saturday was a ... 5 is now dominant, including strain some call "Eris" Doctors say ...

A new strain of COVID-19 gaining traction overseas is now being detected in the United States, according to health officials tracking the virus. Airport screenings have identified cases of the NB.1.8.

A new, highly transmissible COVID-19 subvariant is quickly becoming the ... As of Dec. 2, 17.5% of new COVID cases in New York State are linked to the JN.1 strain, according to data from the ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern ...

Concern about the new strain comes as New York continues to report increases in COVID-19 hospital admissions and surging levels of COVID-19 detected in wastewater in many parts of the state.

A new COVID-19 strain linked to a spike in cases in China has been detected in the U.S., but the CDC says it has seen so few ...