Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The XEC COVID variant spread rapidly in Denmark ...

COVID-19 variant trackers are now closely watching the rise of a new virus variant called XEC, which has been spotted around the world and in half of states across the United States. Health ...

The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth advantage over other circulating variants – but it is not a radically different variant. XEC is what ...

As COVID-19 activity remains high in the United States, a new mutated variant called XEC is spreading rapidly in Europe and other parts of the world. Although few cases have been detected in the U ...

XEC is the new COVID-19 variant getting attention in Europe. It already been detected in the U.S. Doctors expect that it will continue to spread—here’s what to do. “The XEC variant appears ...

As flu season nears, so do new COVID-19 variants. A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S. Scripps Research’s ...

14, but experts now have their eyes on variants XEC and MV.1, which they believe will become the next dominant strains. XEC was first identified in Germany in June and has since been spotted in ...

As COVID-19 activity remains high in the United States, a new variant called XEC has emerged and is spreading rapidly in Europe and other parts of the world. Only a handful of cases have been ...

A new strain of COVID-19 may be the dominant version this fall. XEC is the latest strain of the coronavirus and is spreading across Europe and other areas, the “Today” show reported.