A new COVID variant known as the "XEC variant" is raising questions and capturing the attention of researchers heading into the fall and winter season. The variant has been largely spreading overseas ...

As we enter another COVID season, experts are sounding the alarm about a newly emerging strain: XEC, a recombinant subvariant of the Omicron family. First detected in Germany in June 2024, XEC has ...

If you're traveling for the holidays, you're probably feeling a bit worn-down—but is it just fatigue, or could it be COVID-19? It’s probably been a minute since you last thought about COVID-19, making ...

The XEC COVID-19 variant, first identified in Europe, now accounts for 45 percent of cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As infections tick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COVID cases are on the rise in Massachusetts, as the XEC variant impacts the state. Yale Medicine reports that the latest strain ...

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed reports of the presence of the COVID-19 variant known as XEC in Nigeria, urging citizens to disregard misinformation circulating on ...