Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The COVID-19 variant XEC, which has been spreading across Europe, now accounts for 17% of cases ...

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

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Recent estimates published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show ...

KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it accounts for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the XEC variant is not far behind, recent Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

XEC is on track to become the new dominant COVID-19 strain this winter. Yale and New Haven experts weigh in on why you should still get the new vaccine even though it may be less effective at ...

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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 seasonal COVID-19 spike, combined with rising cases of seasonal flu and RSV, brings what has been called a “tripledemic.” ...

While KP.3.1.1. remains the predominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, the XEC variant has taken the No. 2 spot — and is on the rise. XEC has mutations that make it highly contagious ...