Another COVID-19 variant is on the rise this fall, hot on the heels of a massive summer surge of the virus. The variant, ...

The "X" in XEC's name comes from the fact that the strain looks to be a "recombinant" of two other closely related parent variants called KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. Both KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 are descendants ...

XEC is the product of a recombination (exchanged pieces of genetic material between two variants) between the KS.1.1 variant and the KP.3.3 variant. These two parent variants are closely related ...

There’s a new coronavirus subvariant catching the attention of global doctors and researchers: it’s being called “XEC.” ...

He added that it "is just getting started now." XEC is a rearrangement of two little-discussed preexisting variants: KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. In the U.S., the current dominant strain is KP.3.1.1 ...

The latest is the aforementioned XEC variant. The XEC is basically the love child of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 COVID-19 variants. It’s yet another Omicron variant because, OMG, we’ve been stuck on ...

XEC is a recombinant of two previous variants, KP.3.3 (a descendent of the FLiRT variants) and KS.1.1, Dr. Albert Ko, an infectious disease physician and professor at Yale School of Public Health ...

Here's what we know about variant XEC NBC Universal, Inc. There's a new coronavirus subvariant ... 2024 This strain is believed to be a combination of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, the latter of which ...

A new strain of COVID-19 may be the dominant version this fall. XEC is the latest strain of the coronavirus and is spreading across Europe and other areas, the “Today” show reported.