While the CDC said this winter peak is likely to be higher than the summer's, hospitalizations are likely to be lower than last year.

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Recent estimates published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show ...

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 ...

A new variant of COVID called XEC — a combination of two Omicron subvariants — is spreading in the middle of flu season.

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 ...

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 ...

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

One in 10 cases are now caused by the new XEC variant 🤧 Covid hospital admissions have rose sharply, increasing to 4.55 per 100,000 according to data from the UKHSA. Cases have been increasing ...

Experts are warning people to watch for the symptoms of a Covid variant as cases of the XEC strain rise. And there is one key pattern - the symptoms can emerge in a certain order. A University of ...

Brits are facing a triple-threat in the cold weather as cases of the new XEC variant of Covid-19 rise. The climb in cases comes amid low flu vaccination rates and growing numbers of people with ...