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Updated Covid-19 boosters are 'most important thing' Americans can do for their health today, official says | CNN About 11.5 million people in the United States have gotten an updated Covid-19 booster, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more people need to prepare for fall and winter by getting their shots now, health officials said Friday. Carma Hassan CNN

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From BQ.1.1 to XBB and beyond: How the splintering of Omicron variants could shape Covid's next phase “It’s a little bit like what we would expect to see over a couple years of flu, but crammed into about three months with SARS-CoV-2." Andrew Joseph STAT

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Covid is on the rise in some European countries.

Early signs a new U.S. COVID surge could be on its way Here we go again. The virus is starting to surge in many European countries and there are early signs a wave may be starting in the U.S. too. NPR.org

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So far, no national surge has started yet. The number of people getting infected, hospitalized and dying from COVID in the U.S. has been gently declining from a fairly high plateau.

CDC ends daily reporting of COVID case and death data, in shift to weekly updates The shift comes as federal health officials are bracing for a renewed wave of COVID-19 infections this fall and winter. CBS News

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