The XEC COVID-19 variant is poised to become the dominant variant worldwide. Now is a good time to get an updated COVID ...

Three boxes of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-Testing Kits with a woman in the background reading the instructions on another box. XEC is a new SARS-CoV-2 strain that emerged in Germany in June 2024 and ...

Ireland has reported a significant increase in cases of the new XEC Covid variant, now accounting for 20.6% of cases in ...

The new XEC variant is a recombinant of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 strains, and has been deemed to be more transmissible due to ...

The newest Covid variant XEC now accounts for one in five infections amid signs that the spread of the virus is on the rise ...

A new variant of COVID called XEC — a combination of two Omicron subvariants — is spreading in the middle of flu season.

The new COVID variant XEC has been found by UK health experts as they prepare for winter, when cases tend to increase. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has highlighted a slight increase in ...

It is thought the XEC strain is more transmissible due to its numerous mutations, and presents symptoms similar to those of ...

Whooping cough and walking pneumonia have been added to this group of infections this year as the Centers for Disease Control ...

The XEC Covid variant currently accounts for around a fifth of new cases, new figures show, as health officials repeated ...

A new study has identified the key order of Covid-19 symptoms, which is crucial in distinguishing it from the flu and other respiratory illnesses ...

A new Covid-19 variant has been spreading throughout Europe, and now, according to the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), ...