While the latest vaccination is expected to be available this fall, there are things Canadians can do now to protect ...

A new COVID variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe. The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth ...

Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7%) of COVID-19 cases between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. However, XEC and a variant known as MV.1 seem poised to become the next ...

How Cal Poly Humboldt plans to enforce Time, Place, Manner Policies change by Savana Robinson and Eli Farrington After a historic week-long protest and occupation at Cal Poly Humboldt, activism, ...

By Julia Kern I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a random weekday, a little over a year ago, I was in my room aimlessly scrolling on my computer through what felt like an endless list of ...

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of omicron’s features, too — like less severe symptoms and easy transmissibility.

The side effects of newly discovered COVID-19 strain XEC might not be as severe, but is part of the more contagious variant class, experts say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

A report into the Covid pandemic by Sheffield’s director of public health says that the poor state of health of people in the ...

Researchers indicate that the vaccine and booster shots should protect against the new variant. Here is what we know about ...

I am deeply troubled by the growing distrust of science in our society, just at the time when its insights are most needed.

KP.3 was the 'predominant' SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It was also spreading in Europe. It's now joined with another ...

There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, ...