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Nimbus COVID update: CDC tracker shows the NB.1.8.1 ‘razor blade throat’ variant is now dominant

Earlier this year, a new variant of COVID-19 began spreading globally. Some of those infected with the new variant, nicknamed “Nimbus,” reported an uncomfortable side effect known as “razor blade ...
Fox News

US sees cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to surge in China: report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a spike in cases in China. A CDC spokesperson ...

'Super flu' virus tracker: Symptoms and latest update as subclade K influenza variant spreads

New data from the CDC and local health officials show flu cases are spiking. Unfortunately, data reporting is expected to lag during the holiday. As many families are preparing to gather for the ...
TwinCities.com

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “ Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that’s happening. New 2026 laws are among the ...
Yahoo

CDC Data Are Disappearing

Last night, scientists began to hear cryptic and foreboding warnings from colleagues: Go to the CDC website, and download your data now. They were all telling one another the same thing: Data on ...
Becker's Hospital Review

CDC’s use of data to track foodborne illness outbreaks pays off big

PulseNet, the CDC’s national lab network that uses data to track the spread and origins of outbreaks of foodborne illness, is making meaningful strides in curbing cases of food poisoning, ...
Nextgov

CDC to track quarantined people

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to use a secure, Web-based system to track people who are isolated or quarantined in accordance with new rules the agency announced Nov. 22. The ...