Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The COVID-19 variant XEC, which has been spreading across Europe, now accounts for 17% of cases ...

Speaking to New Scientist, William Schaffner at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee said: “You can think of these new variants as great-grandchildren or grandchildren of Omicron.” ...

The XEC Covid variant currently accounts for around a fifth of new cases, new figures show, as health officials repeated ...

A sore throat can be caused by a variety of things, like a viral infection (such as the common cold), dry air, or even talking too much. While over-the-counter medications can help, many people ...

Picture this: It's fall—leading into wintertime—and you've taken all the necessary precautions to avoid getting sick. You've gotten your flu shot, doubled up on vitamin C and D for immune ...

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

Everyone is sniffling and sneezing this time of year. But, how do you know exactly what ails you when the symptoms are all ...

Everyone is sniffling and sneezing this time of year. But how do you know exactly what ails you when the symptoms are all the ...

(It still comes behind KP.3.1.1, which represents nearly 60 percent of cases.) XEC is an Omicron variant and has several spike mutations, which is what the virus uses to infect you—and because ...

Everyone is sniffling and sneezing this time of year. But how do you know exactly what ails you when the symptoms are all the ...