Scientists are closely monitoring the rapid global spread of two new Omicron subvariants, Nimbus (NB.1.8.1) and Stratus (XFG) ...

As Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Paul Griffin explains in a recent piece for The Conversation, Stratus is ...

While you are soaking up the summer sun, doctors say you can still get sick, including from two new COVID strains that are ...

The new Covid strain, XFG, nicknamed Stratus, is becoming the dominant strain. The World Health Organisation has designated ...

XFG (Stratus) is the latest subvariant of Omicron that is gaining momentum in the summer surge of the pandemic.

This was a significant rise from 7.4% four weeks prior and only just below the proportion of NB.1.8.1 at 24.9%. Given the now declining proportion of viral sequences of NB.1.8.1 overall, and the rapid ...

The World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat ...

Medical professionals in India, currently grappling with a surge of the Stratus variant, have observed hoarseness as a ...

Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close observation.

The Stratus Covid variant, also known as XFG, is making up around a quarter of global infections, but scientists say there is ...

Data unveiled by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reveals that Stratus has surged to become the prevailing Covid strain across England. Notably, towards mid-June, it jumped from a modest 10 per ...