New COVID strain XEC is a recombinant strain of two variants in the Omicron family: KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. The hybrid strain was ...

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 ...

It is thought the XEC strain is more transmissible due to its numerous mutations, and presents symptoms similar to those of ...

The dominant strain of the COVID-19 virus in Arizona right now is a variant called KP.3.1.1, which is part of the FLiRT group ...

While KP.3.1.1 remains the dominant strain in the U.S., XEC is gaining steam, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

While COVID-19 cases are on a downtrend in Oklahoma, virus season is upon us — and this summer saw the highest spike in ...

While the UKHSA isn’t specifically alarmed by XEC, they expect COVID to circulate more in winter, along with flu and ...

"Emerging lineage XEC (KP.3 and KS.1.1 recombinant - recently named VUM by WHO and ECDC) accounted for 7.1 per cent of ...

A WORRYING new strain of Covid is spreading “rapidly” across the globe, experts have warned. XEC was first detected in ...

Some reports and social media users have raised concerns over the new COVID variant - but what are official health authorities saying?

The XEC variant, a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants, was detected and recorded in Germany in June and has been ...

A new study from the University of Southern California has also found the order in which symptoms of the new XEC variant ...