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.

Eric Topol, MD, a board-certified cardiologist and the director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, told the Los Angeles Times XEC is "just getting started.” Dr. Topol took to X to ...

XEC, which was first identified in Germany in June, has now been spotted in Denmark, France, the Netherlands, the U.K., Canada and the U.S., according to lineage tracking graphs shared by data ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

The XEC strain was first detected in Germany in June and has been identified in 15 countries across three continents. According to experts, the strain could become the dominant variant within ...

A new Covid-19 variant, identified as XEC, may soon become the dominant strain globally, according to experts. First detected in Germany in June, the variant has since been found in the UK ...

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% ...

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 ...