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 ...

AN urgent warning has been issued over a new Covid-19 variant on the rise across Ireland – and there are a number of symptoms ...

Ireland's health officials have issued an update on Covid numbers, confirming that the latest variant, named XEC, is ...

The XEC COVID-19 variant is poised to become the dominant variant worldwide. Now is a good time to get an updated COVID ...

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Northeastern University professors of pharmacy say the updated COVID-19 vaccines available for fall and winter of 2024 are a ...

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

COVID-19 vaccine DNA contamination claims aren't new, but have resurfaced in the wake of a Canadian study that some ...

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

Called XEC, the strain is a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants. Figures from the UKHSA show that the admission rate for patients testing positive for all strains rose to 4.5 per 100,000 ...

The XEC Covid variant currently accounts for around a fifth of new cases, new figures show, as health officials repeated calls for eligible adults to get vaccinated against the virus. Analysis of ...