New nimbus and stratus COVID variants are spreading - here’s why midlife women should be concerned
New nimbus and stratus COVID variants are spreading - here’s why midlife women should be concerned
- July 31, 2025
- Bernadette Boden-Albala, public health and CPIP, Flow Space, July 31, 2025
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A key symptom of the Nimbus strain is a severe sore throat that many are calling “razor blade throat,” says Bernadette Boden-Albala, an epidemiologist and the director and founding dean of the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health. “This very sore throat is also associated with a raspy or strained voice,” she explains. “Other common symptoms mirror previous COVID strains like runny nose, headache, difficulty breathing and fatigue.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.theflowspace.com/physical-health/conditions-treatments/razor-blade-throat-nimbus-stratus-covid-2996736/.
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