At the recommendation of the FDA, the new boosters protect against XBB variants, which made up 95% of all U.S. Covid cases in June.
Though most insurance companies are expected to cover the cost of Covid boosters, the CDC’sCovid-related deaths and hospitalizations have increased since the start of the summer and are expected to keep rising as fall and winter kick into gear.
Deaths increased by almost 18% between July 8 and August 26, and hospitalizations grew by about 16% between July 28 and August 26, according to the CDC’s most recent data. EG.5, or the “Eris” variant—part of the XBB lineage—is the dominant strain in the U.S., making up nearly 22% of all cases between August 20 and September 2. As of June, the XBB omicron subvariants made up 95% of all Covid cases in the U.S.
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