Hybrid COVID variant XEC is more contagious: What to know about the new strain
The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...
Fears of fast spread of XEC Covid strain after many haven’t had vaccines in long time
Exclusive: Lower levels of protective antibodies could leave the UK population vulnerable to a rapid spread of the XEC Covid ...
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What to know about the new covid-19 XEC variant
A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...
Pfizer and BioNTech Receive Positive CHMP Opinion for Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 Vaccine in the European Union
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, "Pfizer") and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, "BioNTech") today announced that the Committee for Medicinal ...
Explained: The new XEC Covid-19 variant - and why a summer wave is likely
Another Covid-19 wave is likely this summer, a modeller says, as a new mutant coronavirus variant emerges overseas. Experts ...
Could it be COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2024
COVID symptoms can be mild, severe, or nonexistent, according to the CDC—and can appear as late as two weeks after you’ve ...
New COVID-19 variant making its way to California: What to know about XEC variant
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 ...
Pfizer, BioNTech's Omicron-Adapted Covid-19 Vaccine Gets E.U. Marketing Recommendation
Pfizer and BioNTech said on Friday that a committee from the European Medicine Agency recommended marketing authorization for its Omicron adapted vaccine to prevent Covid-19, meaning the vaccine is ...
New XEC COVID variant is on the rise. What are its symptoms, and what states is it in?
The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...
New XEC Covid symptoms as variant 'more contagious' than Omicron spreads across Europe
A newly detected Covid variant is sweeping through Europe, labelled as "more contagious" than some of the earlier strains.
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COVID-19 Omicron has a new cousin in town: What we know about the XEC strain, plus getting vaccines and home test kits
For those wanting the home test kit, free rapid antigen tests will continue to be available through local public health units ...
What is XEC, the new COVID-19 variant?
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.