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A little over a month after the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. on May 24, two sister subvariants of Omicron have quickly eclipsed BA.2.12.1 across the country. BA.5 and BA.4 are, like BA.2.12.1, more transmissible, but have the added advantage of reportedly being…

Estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today indicate that the share of cases tied to Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 increased 79% in the past week. That means, even as the more transmissible BA.2.12.1 Omicron subvariant became officially dominant in the U.S. last week, it’s already being…

“My name is Trevor Noah. I'm really honored to be here, honestly,” said the Daily Show host at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “You could've picked any comedian, you could've invited anyone but you went with the South African variant. Very on theme.” Likely even more on-theme than Noah knew. On…