The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine has received a positive recommendation from the European ...

Upon authorization by the European Commission, the Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine will be available for individuals 6 months of age and ...

A newly discovered COVID strain known as XEC continues to spread rapidly worldwide and in the U.S. Here's what to know about the strand.

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 ...

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.

By mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the Omicron subvariant KP.3.1.1 accounted for ... later this year. With flu season around the corner, you may be wondering ...

The winter season ushers in a new globally spreading COVID-19 variant called XEC, a mix of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, both from the ...

The nod comes as word of a new omicron variant, KP.3.1.1, is beginning to eclipse KP ... its adapted shot “in time for peak vaccination season," once the FDA completes review of its data ...

As kids return to school and summer comes to an end, public health experts are reminding Washingtonians that respiratory virus season is on its way.