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 ...

Ireland has reported a significant increase in cases of the new XEC Covid variant, now accounting for 20.6% of cases in ...

Today, Omicron is the dominant variant. Omicron emerged in December 2021 ... The latest coronavirus strain, XEC, makes up 17% ...

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Here we go again. Another winter, another COVID variant. This one is called XEC, and it’s emerging as a common one right now, ...

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S eniors and people who are immunocompromised should get not just one but two COVID-19 shots this respiratory virus season.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for those over 65 and people who are immunocompromised. Older adults and people who are immunocompromised ...

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

Especially since the abolition of mandatory personal testing and all other coronavirus protection measures, wastewater ...

The UK is experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases, with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirming that the XEC strain of ...

Dr Jamie Lopez Bernal, consultant epidemiologist at UKHSA, revealed that around 13 percent of Covid cases in the UK are caused by the XEC variant. However, he reassured that "current information ...