US EditionA New COVID Subvariant Spreads Rapidly as Trump Pivots Away From Vaccines
- A new COVID subvariant, NB.1.8.1, has been detected in California, increasing concerns about a possible summer wave of infections.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has rescinded the recommendation for COVID vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children.
- Experts warn that the recent changes could lead to higher costs for vaccines, possibly making them less accessible to many Americans.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have indicated that the lack of federal vaccine recommendations may reduce access to COVID shots.
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Los Angeles Times
arcamax.comA new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines
A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get, and more expensive, for many Americans, some health experts warn.
Cal Matters
COVID-19 variant in CA, right on time for summer spike
A clinical lab scientist works with COVID-19 test samples in a lab at the Sonoma County Department of Public Health on June 8, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters Stanford scientists have recently confirmed California’s first known infection of a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant, known as NB.1.8.1. Detected in the state as early as April 17, its symptoms do not appear to be any more severe than earlier strains so far, and because NB.…
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