{"id":321,"date":"2023-08-14T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/health\/new-covid-subvariant-eris-is-now-most-common-and-fastest-spreading-in-us-never-going-away\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T14:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:22:12","slug":"new-covid-subvariant-eris-is-now-most-common-and-fastest-spreading-in-us-never-going-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/health\/new-covid-subvariant-eris-is-now-most-common-and-fastest-spreading-in-us-never-going-away\/","title":{"rendered":"New COVID subvariant, Eris, is now most common and fastest-spreading in US: &#8216;Never going away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A new variant called Eris has entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\"><u>COVID scene<\/u><\/a>, but experts don\u2019t expect it to have a substantial impact on health protocols just yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Eris, a subvariant of Omicron, is a fast-spreading variant that is responsible for more than 17% of cases in the U.S., making it the most common in the country right now.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-health-organization\"><u>World Health Organization<\/u><\/a> (WHO) has called Eris, which is officially named EG.5, a &#8220;variant of interest,&#8221; but said it does not pose a greater threat than other variants, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/covid-vaccines-boosters-shown-protect-pregnant-women-newborns-transferred-protection\"><strong><u>COVID VACCINES AND BOOSTERS SHOWN TO PROTECT PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEWBORNS: \u2018TRANSFERRED PROTECTION\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Collectively, available evidence does not suggest that EG.5 has additional public health risks relative to the other currently circulating Omicron descendent lineages,&#8221; the WHO said in a risk evaluation.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sick-woman-covid-test.jpg\" source=\"iStock\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">A new variant called Eris has entered the COVID scene, but experts don\u2019t expect it to have a substantial impact on health protocols just yet.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As of Aug. 8, the variant had been found in more than 50 countries, including China, Japan, South Korea and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People should not be overly concerned about Eris,&#8221; Dr. Brett Osborn, a board-certified neurosurgeon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\"><u>West Palm Beach, Florida<\/u><\/a>, told Fox News Digital. &#8220;The disease is self-limiting in the majority of cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Like other COVID variants, Osborn said that symptoms are, for the most part, &#8220;benign.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;People should not be overly concerned about Eris. The disease is self-limiting in the majority of cases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Basically, you feel lousy for several days and then recover without any adverse sequela (after-effect), similar to the influenza virus infection,&#8221; said Dr. Osborn, who is also the founder of a preventative health care and anti-aging facility, Senolytix.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Brett-Osborn-1.jpg\" source=\"Fox News\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/640\/320\/Brett-Osborn-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dr. Brett Osborn\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Dr. Brett Osborn, a board-certified neurosurgeon in West Palm Beach, Florida, told Fox News Digital that he is not concerned about adverse effects from the new Eris variant.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Dr. Brett Osborn)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;During this time, infected people should be in touch with their physician\u2019s office, rest, stay hydrated and practice handwashing,&#8221; he went on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Limit contact with others for at least five days. These are typical treatment measures for those with other viral illnesses as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>How vaccines affect variants<\/h2>\n<p>The main vaccine manufacturers \u2014 Pfizer\/BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax \u2014 all created updated versions of their vaccines designed to combat another Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, which is thought to be similar to the new Eris subvariant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/omicron-subvariant-eg-5-now-dominant-strain-us-cdc-data-shows\"><strong><u>OMICRON SUBVARIANT EG.5 NOW DOMINANT STRAIN IN US, CDC DATA SHOWS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated versions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/vaccines\"><u>COVID vaccine<\/u><\/a> are expected to be available in the U.S. by mid to late September, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a recent interview with Andy Slavitt on the &#8220;In the Bubble&#8221; podcast.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/COVID-NY-Kids.jpg\" source=\"Getty Images\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/COVID-NY-Kids.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Childe COVID vaccine dose\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Updated versions of the COVID vaccine are expected to be available in the U.S. by mid-to-late September, said a CDC spokesperson.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, what we&#8217;re seeing with the changes in the viruses, they&#8217;re still susceptible to our vaccine, they&#8217;re still susceptible to our medicines, they&#8217;re still picked up by the tests,&#8221; said Cohen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So all of our tools still work as the virus changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One potential concern with this new variant, according to Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor of medicine at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\"><u>NYU Langone Medical Center<\/u><\/a> and a Fox News medical contributor, is that many people have less immunity than they did several months ago because they haven&#8217;t had a recent shot or case of COVID.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/woman-with-flu.jpg\" source=\"iStock\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/640\/320\/woman-with-flu.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Woman with flu\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Many people have less immunity than they did several months ago because they haven&#8217;t had a recent shot or case of COVID, Dr. Siegel noted.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This may be more of a reason for taking the new booster when it comes out, especially if you are in a high-risk group, elderly or immunocompromised, and haven&#8217;t had a recent case of COVID or vaccine,&#8221; he told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;This may be more of a reason for taking the new booster when it comes out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Omicron subvariants do appear to be predominantly upper respiratory, Siegel noted, &#8220;which means they don&#8217;t go deep into the lungs or cause as much pneumonia or respiratory failure as did earlier variants, such as Delta,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/covid-hospitalizations-are-on-the-rise-could-signal-late-summer-wave-says-the-cdc\"><strong><u>COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ON THE RISE, COULD SIGNAL \u2018LATE SUMMER WAVE,\u2019 SAYS THE CDC<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>COVID hospitalizations have been on the uptick this summer, rising 10% in the sharpest increase since December 2022, per the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Early indicators of COVID-19 activity (emergency department visits,\u202ftest positivity and\u202fwastewater levels) preceded an increase in hospitalizations seen this past week,&#8221; CDC spokesperson Kathleen Conley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/STRAIN.jpg\" source=\"AP Newsroom\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/STRAIN.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cells infected with the omicron strain of COVID-19\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">Eris is a subvariant of the Omicron variant (pictured). It is not expected to present additional public health risks, the WHO said.<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(NIAID\/NIH via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the uptick, COVID rates are still at &#8220;near-historic lows&#8221; in the U.S., Conley said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Never going away\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Experts agree that COVID, in all its forms, is likely a permanent part of life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One thing that Americans must understand: SARS-CoV-2 and its variants are never going away,&#8221; Osborn told Fox News Digital. &#8220;It is here to stay because its mutation rate is high,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/respiratory-health\/cold-and-flu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> just like influenza<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Flu-Girl.jpg\" source=\"iStock\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/Flu-Girl.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"girl blows nose\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">As with other COVID variants, the symptoms of Eris are, for the most part, &#8220;benign,&#8221; said Dr. Brett Osborn.\u00a0<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;And this is why the flu vaccine is changed yearly \u2014 to \u2018chase\u2019 the dominant strains at that time, until it eludes us next year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Only in the event that the strain becomes more virulent, which would reflect in death counts provided by hospitals, should there be a cause for concern, Osborn said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RNA viruses typically become less virulent over time \u2014 more contagious, maybe, but less life-threatening,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So, change nothing on account of the emergence of Eris or any other variant unless the CDC instructs otherwise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Osborn also said, &#8220;Don\u2019t give yourself any undue stress. It\u2019s not worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Reuters contributed reporting to this article.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/new-covid-subvariant-eris-common-fastest-spreading-us-world-health-organization\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new variant called Eris has entered the COVID scene, but experts don\u2019t expect it to have a substantial impact on health protocols just yet. Eris, a subvariant of Omicron, is a fast-spreading variant that is responsible for more than 17% of cases in the U.S., making it the most common in the country right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/health\/new-covid-subvariant-eris-is-now-most-common-and-fastest-spreading-in-us-never-going-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;New COVID subvariant, Eris, is now most common and fastest-spreading in US: &#8216;Never going away&#8217;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sick-woman-covid-test.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New COVID subvariant, Eris, is now most common and fastest-spreading in US: &#039;Never going away&#039; - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/health\/new-covid-subvariant-eris-is-now-most-common-and-fastest-spreading-in-us-never-going-away\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New COVID subvariant, Eris, is now most common and fastest-spreading in US: &#039;Never going away&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new variant called Eris has entered the COVID scene, but experts don\u2019t expect it to have a substantial impact on health protocols just yet. 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