Amidst the excitement of heading back to school, football season and pumpkin spice-flavored everything, it is easy to forget that fall is also the recommended time for several vaccines.
This year, it seems like there are more vaccine recommendations than ever before, including an updated COVID-19 vaccine, the 2023 flu shot and a newly approved vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV.)
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A new COVID-19 subvariant called XBB1.5 is on the rise across the U.S.
Early reports indicate that it is much more contagious than previous variants, and may be better at avoiding the immune system’s defenses. To learn more, we went to Chief Infection Control Officer Roy Chemaly, M.D.
1. How is the XBB1.5 subvariant different from previous strains of COVID-19?
XBB1.5 contains more mutations...

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