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Micron: Raimondo wants to address concerns from U.S. businesses that are having difficulties operating in China. "Were delivering. We will have that formal communication," she said in a meeting with business officials.

The BA.2.86 coronavirus variant was identified for the first time in the U.S. this month at U-M. It likely is circulating more widely than is known.

Here's what we know so far about the newly discovered COVID-19 strain.

An updated COVID booster targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is expected to become available in September. While the new formula doesn’t specifically target the dominant variant EG.5, the new booster will likely still protect against it because it’s a descendant of XBB. If it’s been a while since your last COVID-19 booster, you might still benefit from waiting for the updated version that’s launching in late September.

COVID-related hospitalizations in New York State have risen over the summer. Though, theyre still lower than at the height of the pandemic.

Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province, health officials said on Tuesday. The individual is not hospitalized, and the detection of BA.2.86 virus has not changed the risk to people in British Columbia, the province's top doctor, Bonnie Henry, and Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a joint statement. "It was not unexpected for BA.2.86...

Vaccinations will no longer be free due to end of public health emergency

As Covid cases creep back up across Alabama according to state health officials and CDC data, the rise is also causing a shortage of at-home covid tests at local pharmacies and stores, as well as national chains, such as CVS and Walmart.

Experts affirm that the recently identified Omicron sub-variants, BA.2.86 and EG.5.1, do not carry any risk for the Indian population.