A new COVID-19 variant, called XEC, is spreading rapidly in Europe. XEC may “ become the dominant variant globally in the ...

When it comes to where the new variant has been detected, right now, it’s more common in Europe. Currently, it’s been ...

As cold and flu season approaches, the situation is becoming more complex with the recent emergence of the new COVID-19 ...

The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

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

The coronavirus subvariant XEC is drawing more attention as a potential threat heading into late autumn and winter — ...

While XEC is not dominant in the United States, it could take hold by the late fall and winter, one health expert said in a ...

The latest strain of COVID originated in June in Germany, but has already spread across Europe, Asia and North America.

The U.S. is coming down from its biggest COVID summer surge yet as a new subvariant emerges—but new vaccines are here, too.

According to Scripps Research Labs' Outbreak.info tool, 633 XEC lineage sequences have been detected worldwide from June 28 to Sept. 10. A total of 14 sequences in the lineage were found in New Jersey ...

Every household in the U.S. can now order another round of free COVID tests kits through the website COVIDTests.gov.The tests ...