C OVID-19 isn’t done with us yet. Wastewater surveillance is showing signs that COVID infections are creeping up again. And recent analysis suggests that rise may be driven in part by a new type of variant called “ FLiRT .” We asked several infectious disease experts to weigh in on the relative danger and offer advice on how to stay safe.

California is among the states experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 indicators after a relatively calm spring season. The FLiRT subvariants, officially known as KP.2, KP.3, and KP.1., are subvariants of Omicron and have overtaken the dominant winter variant,

The “FLiRT" variants of COVID have been the primary strains of the virus circulating globally this year, but so far experts don't believe them to be significantly more dangerous.

Nicknamed FLiRT, the new class of COVID subvariants has quickly spread through the U.S., with one strain, KP.2, becoming the dominant strain of coronavirus in the U.S. as of May 11, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts warn these strains may lead to a summer surge—here’s how to stay safe.

After nearly four weeks of increases, Covid infections fell last week as immunity from infections and boosters started to build back up and warmer weather drew people outside, sci

The so-called FLiRT variants of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cause COVID-19 have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to the World Health Organization. READ: As COVID cases rise again,