U.S. COVID levels hovering near 2020 initial peak, WHO urges those at high risk to take boosters

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U.S. COVID levels hovering near 2020 initial peak, WHO urges those at high risk to take boosters
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The latest data from the CDC shows that U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are still increasing, approaching the Delta peak of late 2021. This indicates that although the official pandemic state may have ended, COVID-19 is still a significant concern.

, and Novavax for the vast majority of U.S. residents. Shortly thereafter, the federal health agency announced that it had accepted the committee’s recommendation and that vaccines would be available later in the week.authorized such boosters from Moderna and PfizerThe CDC anticipates having adequate booster supply and shouldn’t need to prioritize certain groups—like the elderly or immunocompromised—for first doses, federal health officials said at the Tuesday committee meeting.

“We continue to strongly urge everyone to stay up to date on their COVID-19, influenza, and RSV vaccines to protect themselves and their loved ones from severe complications, hospitalization, and death,” the organization said, adding that it expected an increase in infections this fall and winter.Last year’s updated Omicron boosters, released around Labor Day, were bivalent, tailored to both Omicron and the initial strain of COVID.

The strain is now nearly extinct. XBB.1.5 was estimated to be responsible for just 2.2% of U.S. infections Friday, according to While the newest jabs are tailored to a dying strain of Omicron, they’re still expected to protect against severe disease and death from currently circulating strains, the vast majority of which are members of the XBB viral family.

The formula for the new vaccines “is highly similar to the EG.5-related variants circulating now,” Dr. Stuart Ray, vice chair of medicine for data integrity and analytics at Johns Hopkins’ Department of Medicine, told

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