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 ...

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.

The side effects of newly discovered COVID-19 strain XEC might not be as severe, but is part of the more contagious variant class, experts say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

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

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

The COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 rose 12.7% and now makes up over 50% of COVID cases, the CDC Nowcast data tracker shows.

COVID-19 variant trackers are now closely watching the rise of a new virus variant called XEC, which has been spotted around ...

Currently available COVID vaccines target slightly different subvariants. The updated mRNA shots aimed at KP.2 from ...

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?

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