COVID-19 variant trackers are now closely watching the rise of a new virus variant called XEC, which has been spotted around the world and in half of states across the United States. Health ...

A new variant has entered the COVID-19 picture, and scientists have warned that it might soon surge to dominance. XEC, which was first identified in Germany in June, has now been spotted in ...

AAMCNews spoke with academic experts in infectious disease, viruses, and vaccines to answer some common questions about the latest variants and the new vaccines. SARS-CoV-2 is constantly evolving ...

Meanwhile, the FDA recently approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna that targets the KP2 variant. Understanding the difference between how COVID-19 symptoms present versus the flu can ...

As flu season nears, so do new COVID-19 variants. A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the United States. Scripps ...

Although rates of new COVID infections have fallen since the summer’s surge, there’s a new variant in town, gearing up to fuel winter illnesses. There’s a new vaccine as well, though uptake ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election “At this juncture, the XEC variant appears to be the ...

COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 accounts for more than half of positive infections in the United States, the latest projections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show.

KP.3 was the 'predominant' SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It was also spreading in Europe. It's now joined with another variant and become XEC. Over the European summer, the number of COVID-19 ...