COVID-19 variant trackers are now closely watching the rise of a new virus variant called XEC, which has been spotted around the world and in half of states across the United States. Health ...

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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

Sept. 19, 2024 – A new COVID-19 variant called XEC is on the rise, and it has experts who track variants on alert. Each time a new variant makes a grand entrance onto tracker lists ...

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 ...

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.

The variant, called XEC, was first detected in Germany in August and appears to have a growth advantage over other circulating variants – but it is not a radically different variant. XEC is what ...