By Brenda Goodman, CNN For weeks, scientists have been watching a slew of Omicron descendants duke it out for dominance of Covid-19 transmission in the United States, with the BQs — BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — seeming to edge out all the others to claim a slight lead. The result has been a gradual rise in cases and hospitalizations that never seemed to reach the peaks of this summer’s BA.5 wave and was certainly nothing like the tsunami of illness caused …

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Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 could drive new COVID-19 surge in US

The CDC estimates that XBB.1.5 has more than doubled its share of the Covid-19 pie each week for the last four, rising from about 4% to 41% of new infections over the month of December.

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Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 could drive new Covid-19 surge in US

By Brenda Goodman, CNN For weeks, scientists have been watching a slew of Omicron descendants duke it out for dominance of COVID-19 transmission in the United States, with the BQs — BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — seeming to edge out all the others to claim a slight lead. The result has been a gradual rise in cases and hospitalizations that never seemed to reach the peaks of this summer’s BA.5 wave and was certainly nothing like the tsunami of illness caused …

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In addition to being highly immune evasive, XBB.1.5 has an additional trick up its sleeve that seems to be helping to fuel its growth.

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Coming out of the holidays, during which time people were more likely to travel and socialize, gives any infection more room to run.

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The updated boosters should provide some protection, even against this highly immune-evasive strain, experts say.

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New Omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 could drive new COVID-19 surge in US

An illustration for the omicron variant.Alex Cochran, Deseret News  COVID-19 variants continue to circulate and mutate. Last month, scientists and experts saw omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1. gain dominance among reported coronavirus cases in the United States. Inflection levels have remained below what was seen during the overwhelming wave of January 2022, a time when weekly cases reached over 4 million. But on Friday, the Centers for Disea…

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New omicron variant XBB.1.5 emerges, driving a surge in northeast U.S.

For weeks, scientists have been watching a slew of Omicron descendants duke it out for dominance of COVID-19 transmission in the United States, with the BQs -- BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 -- seeming to edge out all the others to claim…

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According to data from the CDC, the XBB.1.5 strain accounts right now for almost 41% of confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide. Cases of the new variant have jumped by double digits since Christmas Eve.

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XBB.1.5 has more than doubled its share of the COVID-19 pie each week for the last four. In the Northeast, the CDC estimates, XBB. 1.5 is causing 75% of new cases. It is the product of recombination: Two descendants of BA.2 swapped pieces of their genetic code.

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