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

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the ...

Flu season is upon us, and on college campuses, the virus can spread like wildfire due to communal bathrooms, shared living ...

A new COVID-19 variant is spreading rapidly around the world, and experts predict it will become the dominant strain this ...

XEC has become the second most prevalent strain in the country, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), representing more than 1 in 10 cases. But ...

As winter approaches, health officials in the Bay Area are strongly encouraging residents to get vaccinated soon against both ...

"CDC is monitoring the XEC variant," Rosa Norman, a CDC spokesperson told USA TODAY. "XEC is the proposed name of a ...

New preprint study shows COVID-19 variant XEC is expected to surpass KP.3.1.1 as most dominant circulating variant, with higher infectivity and immune evasion.

The CDC's Nowcast data tracker, which displays COVID-19 estimates and projections for two-week periods, reflected that the KP ...

The XEC variant is estimated to comprise 6.8 to 16.1% of circulating COVID-19 viruses in the U.S. based on the two-week period ending on October 12, officials with the Centers for Disease Control ...