Before the Omicron variant swept through the Twin Cities, local music venues opened their doors to winter residencies, allowing local musicians to step back onto the stages that have been desolate for ...

A new COVID variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall. The new variant has sprouted from the omicron variant that was first ...

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.

The KP.3.1.1 variant, part of the Omicron family, has been the strain dominating the country and was the only major variant increasing in proportion nationally in August. The Nowcast data tracker ...

What is the omicron variant? First identified in Botswana and South Africa in November 2021, the omicron variant surged around the world. Scientists first recognized omicron thanks to its ...

Preliminary analysis of XEC suggests that it shares genetic material with both Omicron and the lesser-known XBB variant. This ...

KYOTO--A woman in her 20s has been confirmed with the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus here, which is believed to be the first such community infection in the prefecture, Kyoto Governor ...

The strain has now been detected in at least 29 countries and 24 US states. XEC, a sublineage of the omicron variant, was first reported in Berlin, Germany, in June and is now spreading “quite ...

“XEC is definitely taking charge,” Dr Topol said. XEC, a sublineage of the omicron variant, was first reported in Berlin, Germany, in June and is now spreading “quite rapidly” across ...