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Got the Sniffles? What to Know About Summer Colds and the COVID Variant Called Stratus

The Stratus variant causes a rise in COVID-19 emergency visits across the U.S. and is slightly better at evading immunity, though vaccines remain effective, WHO and CDC say.

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Summer heat, outdoor fun ... and cold and flu symptoms? The three may not go together in many people's minds: partly owing to common myths about germs and partly because many viruses really do have lower activity levels in the summer. But it is possible to get the sniffles — or worse — in the summer. Federal data released Friday, for example, shows COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ag…

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Now every three to four months we are dealing with a new variant of Covid. This time it is the turn of "Stratus" and its characteristic symptom is to feel like a razor's blow in the throat. It is a variant also known as "XFG," a genetic half-breed," born from the recombination of the mutations LF.7 and LP.8.1.2, one of the so-called variants "Frankenstein" . This fusion has generated two main subtypes: XFG and XFG.3, which in a short time have b…

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Il Fatto Quotidiano broke the news in Rome, Italy on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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