The CDC just announced a new COVID variant, Arcturus, which is spreading throughout the United States and carries with it some unusual symptoms—symptoms not seen with other variants. And strangely enough, the rise of this new variant coincides perfectly with the World Health Organization’s new plan to adopt the European Union’s digital vaccine passport setup. They’re…

Omicron XBB.1.5, also called the “Kraken” variant, is currently responsible for nearly 50 percent of new cases this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that XBB.1.5 could start a worldwide escalation in COVID-19 infections. However, it also noted that growth advantage estimates are only…

Experts predict that a new strain of COVID-19 may be spreading throughout China, which may pose a serious risk to immunologically suppressed Americans. Chen Erzhen, vice president at Ruijin Hospital and a member of Shanghai’s COVID-19 expert advisory panel, recently admitted that “the spread of the epidemic in Shanghai is very wide, and it may…

Chinese authorities imposed an extremely strict lockdown when most COVID-19 patients had mild or no symptoms but all of a sudden, they removed all the restrictions as the pandemic shifted into a rapid and severe phase. Hospitals in large cities like Beijiing and Wuhan have filled up. What Chinese people are calling “white lung” syndrome…

News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, is spreading at an alarming rate in China, with high chances of co-infections and cross-infections. Scientists expressed concerns over the risk of dangerous new variants. A leaked internal memo from a Dec. 21 teleconference meeting of China’s National Health Commission revealed…

The constantly mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus has many variants, which differ from one another in terms of transmission, disease severity, and pathogenicity. And some are more of a concern to the general public than others. READ MORE : COVID-19 Pandemic Timeline What Are the CDC’s 4 Categories of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Variants? The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like all…

Deakin University associate professor in epidemiology Hassan Vally is warning about a COVID-19 “variant soup” consisting of five new strains leading the latest wave in Australia. “We never get too confident when we talk about the virus,” Vally told AAP. “Every time we think we’ve got a handle on it, there’s always a surprise around…

It doesn’t matter if you’ve had COVID, or have gotten the jab and all your boosters, chances are you’ll probably catch this variant, as it has a unique ability to skirt past antibodies. Yet how deadly is it, and how concerned should you be? STORY AT-A-GLANCE Rapid mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was expected and…

Researchers have detected at least four “cryptic” variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in samples of wastewater from New York City’s public sewer system. The latest COVID variants have spread like wildfire across the globe in recent months, leading many scientists to wonder when the next variant will appear. The new research may…

Commentary I won’t make many friends by saying this but… I think most people are too soft today. Too reliant on someone else to save them. My family and I live in the mountains of Utah so skiing is a big part of our lives. I had my son out on skis from just about…