Mutations

U.S. CDC expects Omicron COVID boosters for kids by mid-October The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects COVID-19 vaccine boosters targeting circulating variants of the virus to be available for children aged 5-11 years by mid-October. Reuters Reuters

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Just in time for fall, there's a brand new COVID variant making headway in the U.S. Scientists are taking notice of BF.7 because it’s making headway in an increasingly crowded field of Omicron subvariants. Fortune

A new COVID strain started to create waves among virus trackers this week, outpacing nearly all other variants of interest scientists are tracking in the U.S. this autumn. 

Biden's comments about pandemic widen public health split over how US should respond to Covid-19 | CNN Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, "the pandemic is over." Brenda Goodman CNN

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