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Stacker consulted research from Yale Medical School and the World Health Organization to find how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved ...

The new Covid variant, XEC, has been taking hold across Britain in the past few weeks. If you want to avoid catching it – or a whole host of other winter nasties – it’s time to start implementing ...

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 ...

The second booster was recommended to address the omicron variant XEC rising as a fast-spreading variant slated to take over ...

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

XEC has become the second most prevalent strain in the country, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), representing more than 1 in 10 cases. But ...

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 ...

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