A new COVID variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe. The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth ...

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

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of omicron’s features, too — like less severe symptoms and easy transmissibility.

A report into the Covid pandemic by Sheffield’s director of public health says that the poor state of health of people in the ...

A new genetic analysis looks at species of animals present at the Wuhan market that may have spread COVID-19 to people.

KP.3 was the 'predominant' SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It was also spreading in Europe. It's now joined with another ...

Scientists comment on the new COVID-19 variant, XEC. Prof Francois Balloux, Professor of Computational Systems Biology and Director, UCL Genetics Institute, UCL, said: What is XEC?

The new COVID-19 variant XEC may overtake others in circulation to become dominant in the coming months, experts said, but ...

A new COVID variant XEC is spreading rapidly worldwide and making its way through the U.S. Here's what you need to know.

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