A New Coronavirus Variant Raises Concerns in the U.S. Northeast

The XBB.1.5 subvariant now accounts for 41 percent of new infections across the country

First reports of a new respiratory illness, which became a pandemic, began to leak from Wuhan, China towards the end of December 2019. One death in the county due to the SARS-COV-2 VIRUS was confirmed on January…