New COVID Variant Has Unique Symptom—How to Prevent and Relieve It

Doctors share methods for alleviating the symptom and improving the body’s immunity.

Samples from people to be tested for the new coronavirus at a laboratory in Wuhan, China. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Since May, a fast-growing lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19, NB.1.8.1, has been dominant in China, spreading to adjacent countries and bringing an increase in hospitalizations and emergency room admissions.

The variant has also spread to the United States, although case numbers are low.