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 ...

KP.3 was the 'predominant' SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It was also spreading in Europe. It's now joined with another variant and become XEC. Over the European summer, the number of COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 accounts for more than half of positive infections in the United States, the latest projections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show.

AAMCNews spoke with academic experts in infectious disease, viruses, and vaccines to answer some common questions about the latest variants and the new vaccines. SARS-CoV-2 is constantly evolving ...

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 ...

Although rates of new COVID infections have fallen since the summer’s surge, there’s a new variant in town, gearing up to fuel winter illnesses. There’s a new vaccine as well, though uptake ...

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 United States. Scripps ...

A new variant has entered the COVID-19 picture, and scientists have warned that it might soon surge to dominance. XEC, which was first identified in Germany in June, has now been spotted in ...

COVID has mutated into many different variants over the years. But the latest strain - XEC is poised to become the most contagious and dominant strain heading into the winter and flu season.