XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of ...

The following is a summary of “Real-time estimation of immunological responses against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in the UK: a mathematical modelling study,” published in the September 2024 issue of ...

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

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First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the ...

They study the planet’s deadliest diseases in remote, conflict-prone areas in countries with the lowest health spending and ...

Meet eight Africa-based scientists and doctors using cutting-edge genomic tools, data-sharing platforms and shoe-leather ...

A French researcher has uncovered new evidence backing the theory that humans initially contracted the Covid-19 virus from ...

The theory that COVID-19 originated from a human interacting with an infected animal at a local market in late 2019 is backed by "very strong evidence." In January of 2020, 800 samples of stalls and ...