A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges amid holiday season The omicron variant is driving U.S. COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just in time for the holiday season.

We're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus. It has been named Omicron by the World Health Organization, following the pattern of Greek code-names like ...

By mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the Omicron subvariant KP.3.1.1 accounted for most COVID-19 cases. KP.3.1.1 is a member of a group of variants nicknamed ...

Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7%) of COVID-19 cases between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. However XEC and a variant known as MV.1 seem poised to become the next ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely to ...

Covid XEC, a new variant of Coronavirus discovered in Germany in June, is spreading rapidly across Europe. This hybrid of omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 may become the dominant strain by ...

A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S. Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7% ...

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The same held true for all the Greek-named variants, up to omicron. It's likely that most of these variants got their mutations by going into hiding. Instead of jumping from one host to another ...

Though XEC does not appear to be another FLiRT variant, it, too, is a descendant of the Omicron variants. Experts say it will almost certainly stand up to XEC better than the previous vaccine.