The BA.5 variant that dominated the summer wave of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations has now fallen to 81.3% of new cases, according to estimates released Friday by the Centers for Disease ...

"New Omicron variant BF.7 has swept to more provinces in China on Monday, less than a week after it was first identified in Northwest China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region," Global Times reported ...

Despite the recent discovery of the BF.7 variant in the state, genome research experts indicate the XBB and BA.2.75 strains are still the most prevalent locally and will be closely monitored. The WHO, ...