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 ...

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE, "Pfizer") and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX, "BioNTech") today announced that the Committee for Medicinal ...

A new covid-19 variant called XEC may spread more easily than past variants, but current vaccines are still effective against ...

Exclusive: Lower levels of protective antibodies could leave the UK population vulnerable to a rapid spread of the XEC Covid ...

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 ...

The new "XEC" COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in Europe has arrived in the US. What are the symptoms, will it cause a fall ...

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 ...

For those wanting the home test kit, free rapid antigen tests will continue to be available through local public health units ...

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.

Researchers indicate that the vaccine and booster shots should protect against the new variant. Here is what we know about ...

A Covid modeller says a fourth summer wave is likely as a new variant emerges overseas.