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What to Know about the New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 (Nimbus) and How to Protect Yourself this Summer

By Amanda Torres  Bronx Voice July 7, 2025 An infectious disease expert shares information on NB.1.8.1, which has caused a surge in COVID infections in parts of Asia.     This article originally appeared in NewYork Presbyterian Health Matters. NEW YORK - The new COVID variant known as NB.1.8.1, nicknamed Nimbus, has emerged globally and is beginning to spread in the United States. Nimbus accounted for an estimated 37% of cases in the U.S., during a two-week period ending June 7, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  What sets NB.1.8.1 apart is how quickly it spreads,” explains Dr. Magdalena Sobieszczyk, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. “It has a genetic advantage: mutations that make it easy for it to bind to receptors on human cells. The mutations could allow NB.1.8.1 to spread faster and t...
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Bullets Fly as Temps Fall in October

Police and paramedics remove a man from 179 East 205 Street who was shot in the leg on October 28, 2023. -Photo by David Greene


By David Greene

Bronx Voice

October 31, 2023 


BRONX - A 19-year-old Bronx man was wounded in the latest in a series of shootings that have taken place across the borough.



In the latest shooting police officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to 179 East 205 Street and the Grand Concourse at 2:05 p.m. on October 28.


A police source stated, “Upon arrival officers were informed that a 19-year-old male was shot in the leg. The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.” 


Police have made no arrests in the case and could not immediately provide a description of the gunman.


HALLOWEEN HORROR - DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND IN BRONX PARK



BRONX - Detectives continue to investigate the death of a still-unidentified male who was found dead in Van Cortlandt Park—officials say the body was too decomposed to identify.

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Meanwhile the NYPD is still investigating the fatal shooting of a still-unidentified 58-year-old male victim who was shot and killed outside of 1285 Washington Avenue at 8:07 p.m. on October 27. Officials say officers from the 42nd Precinct discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen and died a short time later at St. Barnabas Hospital.




Detectives in the 44th Precinct have announced an arrest in an October 17 homicide that occurred at East 170 Street and Morris Avenue at just before 7 a.m. Officers discovered the 35-year-old victim, later identified as Jose Valarezo of Wallace Avenue, who had been stabbed in the groin. Valarezo was rushed to BronxCare Hospital where he died a short time later.



Later the same day detectives announced the arrest of an unidentified 14-year-old female who was charged with murder, manslaughter, robbery, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property.


All charges are merely accusations by the district attorney until proven in a court of law.

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