The post also claims that XBB is “5 times more toxic” than the ... 5 also “tends to infect the upper respiratory tract,” leading to cold-like symptoms, according to Yale Medicine.

A message on Covid XBB variant is doing rounds on WhatsApp. It is fake and misleading. While an XBB variant does exist, claims in the message are misleading. Here's all you need to know about XBB ...

2 and XBB.1.5. BA.2.86 can enter cell membranes and infect cells in the lower lung more efficiently than other versions of ...

5 infection, which was the summer wave ... The reason I say that is, even though the new variants, as we talked about, XBB, BQ.1.1, which is in the US, especially, growing quickly, the lab ...

a single vaccine dose increased protection against infection due to Omicron BA.1, BA.4/5, or XBB variants by 8% to 71% relative to unvaccinated patients. A single vaccine dose also increased ...

COMIRNATY Omicron XBB.1.5 is a vaccine given to prevent coronavirus ... a severe illness or infection with high fever; a weakened immune system or are on a medicine that affects your immune ...

The active case count was 35,000. The surge is largely driven by XBB.1.16, which is an omicron subvariant. The WHO has said it was watching the subvariant and the spread in India. Experts say it's ...

However, the new variant may be capable of evading antibody immunity created after vaccination and infection ... has approved a new vaccine targeting XBB, a subvariant of the Omicron strain ...

The updated COVID-19 vaccine is available now for people at higher risk of serious health problems and later this month for the general public across Ontario and Quebec.