{"id":20046,"date":"2025-01-15T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20046"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:29:08","slug":"covid-symptoms-testing-and-treatment-what-to-know-about-cases-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=20046","title":{"rendered":"Covid Symptoms, Testing and Treatment: What to Know About Cases Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Experts expect cases to rise again this winter. Here\u2019s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are few constants when it comes to Covid, but one thing has held true over the years: Cases climb in the winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the weeks after the holidays, especially, more people tend to get sick, as we spend time together indoors, sharing germs and spreading infections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt seems the wave is coming,\u201d said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wastewater data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently shows high levels of the virus circulating nationwide. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#datatracker-home\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Deaths and hospitalizations<\/a> from the virus have ticked up in recent weeks. And a new variant, XEC, now makes up nearly half of Covid cases in the country. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4b7950c1\">Covid symptoms to watch for<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Covid symptoms have largely stayed the same over the last few years: cough, congestion, fever, a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/omicron-ba5-symptoms-covid.html\" title>sore throat<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/05\/well\/covid-symptoms-stomach-pain-diarrhea.html\" title>nausea, vomiting,<\/a> diarrhea, shortness of breath, head and body aches. People with Covid are often exhausted. Some lose their sense of taste or smell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Covid <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/11\/well\/covid-symptoms-change.html\" title>can feel different<\/a> every time you\u2019re infected; symptoms don\u2019t always progress in the same way. While you had a sore throat last time, you might have more gastrointestinal symptoms this time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Here\u2019s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing.There are few constants when it comes to Covid, but one thing has held true over the years: Cases climb in the winter.In the weeks after the holidays, especially, more people tend to get sick, as we spend time together indoors, sharing germs and spreading infections.\u201cIt seems the wave is coming,\u201d said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.Wastewater data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently shows high levels of the virus circulating nationwide. Deaths and hospitalizations from the virus have ticked up in recent weeks. And a new variant, XEC, now makes up nearly half of Covid cases in the country. Here\u2019s what to know.Covid symptoms to watch forCovid symptoms have largely stayed the same over the last few years: cough, congestion, fever, a sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath, head and body aches. 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