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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending omicron-specific COVID-19 booster shots for people 12 and older. Here’s how to get yours in all the New England states. The new booster from Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna are bivalent vaccines, which means they target two strains — in this case the original SARS-CoV-2 and the omicron BA.5 subvariant, which is…

Boston’s COVID hospitalization rate is up 23% over the past two weeks as the highly-contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant continues to spread across the region. The latest data from Boston’s COVID dashboard shows that hospitalizations increased by 23.3% over the past 14 days, although things have begun to stabilize a bit over the past week. This comes as the BA.5 continues…

The highly-contagious BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants now account for about 90% of all COVID-19 cases in New England and across the U.S., according to Tuesday’s update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The BA.5 variant is now responsible for 77.1% of the region’s cases, followed by BA.4 at 12.3%, BA.2.12.1 at 10.1% and BA.2 at 0.5%….

The highly-contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant now accounts for 60% of all COVID-19 cases in New England and 65% across the U.S., according to Tuesday’s update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The BA.5 variant is now responsible for 59.7% of the region’s cases, followed by BA.2.12.1 at 22.3%, BA.4 at 16.8% and BA.2 at 1.2%. Until last…

Infectious disease experts are worried that the fastest-spreading COVID-19 subvariants yet — the two latest versions of omicron — could drive a new wave of infections. The new highly-contagious omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, appear to evade protection from vaccines and previous infections more easily than any others before. They account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases in New England...

The omicron subvariant BA.5 is now responsible for nearly 54% of COVID cases in the U.S., according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New England, BA.5 accounts for 41.6% of the region’s cases, followed by BA.2.12.1 at 38.1%, BA.4 at 17.8% and BA.2 at 2.5%. Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center joined…

Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center joined NBC10 Boston to clear up misconceptions about the omicron BA.5 subvariant.

The fastest-spreading COVID-19 subvariants yet, the two latest versions of omicron appear to evade protection from vaccines and previous infections more easily than any others before. As of July 2, the subvariant BA.5 was responsible for nearly 54% of COVID cases in the U.S. BA.4, a similar subvariant, accounted for nearly 17% more, according to the latest data from the…

The subvariants are now responsible for 70% of new coronavirus cases, and their immunity to existing vaccines has concerned scientists. Here’s what you need to know about the subvariants.

Two new highly-contagious omicron subvariants now account over half of all COVID-19 cases in New England, according to an update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The BA.5 variant is now responsible for 41.6% of the region’s cases, followed by BA.2.12.1 at 38.1%, BA.4 at 17.8% and BA.2 at 2.5%. Until last month, BA.4 and BA.5...

Two new highly-contagious omicron subvariants now account for close to half of all COVID-19 cases in New England, according to an update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. Until this month, BA.4 and BA.5 hadn’t made major inroads in the U.S., but that has changed dramatically in recent weeks. The latest data shows the two new...

Two new omicron subvariants now account for nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 cases in New England, according to an update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. Until this month, BA.4 and BA.5 hadn’t made major inroads in the U.S., where BA.2 and its descendant BA.2.12.1 still account for most of the cases. But recent data...

Two new omicron subvariants account for more than 10% of COVID-19 cases in New England, according to an update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. Until last week, BA.4 and BA.5 hadn’t made major inroads in the U.S., where BA.2 and its descendant BA.2.12.1 still account for most of the cases. But recent data shows that...

Top Boston doctors explain talk about increasing cases in the U.K., the BA.4, BA.5 subvariants rising in New England and a study with new insight on why some people experience long COVID during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”

Two new omicron subvariants that one expert says pose a “serious threat” now accounts for over 7.2% of COVID-19 cases in New England, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Tuesday. Until this week, BA.4 and BA.5 hadn’t made major inroads in the U.S., where BA.2 and its descendant BA.2.12.1 still account for most of the cases....

Over the past few days, COVID-19 cases and the percent positivity rate in Massachusetts have begun to decline somewhat, giving residents and medical experts alike hope that the current surge might soon be coming to an end. But top Boston doctors warn that though we are seeing a slight dip, two new omicron subvariants that are causing issues in South…