CDC wastewater also shows the XFG variant — nicknamed stratus — is most common in the U.S. Stratus can cause a “razor blade” ...

Arizona is among the 12 states seeing higher positivity rates for COVID-19 tests compared to the rest of the country, ...

One symptom that stands out with Stratus infections is hoarseness. Patients have also reported dry coughs and sore throats, ...

COVID-19 cases are rising across the United States, driven by new variants Stratus (XFG) and Nimbus (NB.1.8.1). While Stratus is anecdotally linked to hoarseness and Nimbus to severe sore throat, they ...

As of Monday, Arizona had recorded 3,540 breakthrough COVID-19 cases out of more than 3.2 million fully vaccinated people, Steve Elliott, a state health department spokesperson, wrote in an email.

An Arizona man has died after being diagnosed with coronavirus, marking the state's first COVID-19-related death, the Arizona Department of Health Services and Maricopa County Department of Public ...

In Arizona, average COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen 49% from May 26 to June 9, the second-biggest rise of any state during that time period.