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A new COVID variant is raising questions and capturing the attention of researchers heading into the fall and winter season. It's called the XEC variant.

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A new Covid variant has been discovered in the UK and is predicted to become the dominant strain by winter 2024. The XEC, strain was first identified in Germany in June but has since been found in ...