Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The XEC COVID variant spread rapidly in Denmark ...

The new variant on the rise in Europe right now is called XEC. UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong said it is much more transmissible than the current variant in the U.S., but ...

An emerging COVID-19 strain, XEC, has been detected in 12 U.S. states and at least 15 countries, according to Scripps Research's Outbreak.info. The variant was first reported in late June ...

As flu season nears, so do new COVID-19 variants. A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S. Scripps Research’s ...

As COVID-19 activity remains high in the United States, a new variant called XEC has emerged and is spreading rapidly in Europe and other parts of the world. Only a handful of cases have been ...

COVID has mutated into many different variants over the years. But the latest strain - XEC is poised to become the most contagious and dominant strain heading into the winter and flu season.

A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly across multiple countries, including the U.S. Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7% ...

{copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! A new variant of COVID-19 called XEC is spreading rapidly in Europe and other parts of the world, just after a summer with an increased number of COVID cases ...

A new strain of COVID-19 may be the dominant version this fall. XEC is the latest strain of the coronavirus and is spreading across Europe and other areas, the “Today” show reported.