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 strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

I think some respected newspapers could do a better job of being honest with their readers about some pretty basic and pretty important things.

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

Upon authorization by the European Commission, the Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine will be available for individuals 6 months of age and ...

Talk of the new Covid variant – known as XEC – is currently rife, with reports emerging that the variant, first detected in ...

Pfizer and BioNTech said on Friday that a committee from the European Medicine Agency recommended marketing authorization for its Omicron adapted vaccine to prevent Covid-19, meaning the vaccine is ...

The new variant has sprouted from the omicron variant that developed in late 2021. Although XEC is new, Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London, told the BBC ...

COVID levels in the U.S. remain high, according to wastewater detections, which is a retreat from the CDC’s label of “very ...

XEC is yet another Omicron variant—more specifically, it’s related to KP.3.3, which itself is a descendant of the “FLiRT” ...

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...

Even with the new variant, the CDC recommends everyone six months and older get the new COVID vaccine. They say it's your best defense.