New, Effective COVID-19 And Flu Shots Are Here In The US; Know The Best Time To Get Them as Numbers Surge The updated and more effective COVID-19 and flu shots are here in the US and authorities are urging people – mostly older adults and young children – to get them as cases of the XEC strain are surging ... 09/25/2024 - 3:15 pm | View Link
Is the XEC COVID-19 strain in South Jersey? The latest on this virus According to Scripps Research Labs' Outbreak.info tool, 633 XEC lineage sequences have been detected worldwide from June 28 to Sept. 10. A total of 14 sequences in the lineage were found in New Jersey ... 09/25/2024 - 2:43 am | View Link
Here’s what doctors want you to know about new COVID variant It’s called the XEC COVID variant. “The XEC variant appears to be the most likely one to get legs next,” Eric Topol, M.D., founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, ... 09/23/2024 - 11:19 pm | View Link
Is COVID XEC worse than other variants? Expert shares what's known about the virus in Canada While many Canadians no longer stress as much about COVID-19 as they did during its peak, health experts say a new variant has been spreading in some parts of the world and is now present in Canada. 09/23/2024 - 10:20 am | View Link
XEC, the new COVID-19 variant: Is it fatal? Will vaccines work? Here's what doctors want you to know The contagious nature of the new XEC COVID-19 variant is drawing attention. It has been found in China, Europe, and the United States. It is a hybrid of Omicron subvariants. Vaccines help prevent ... 09/23/2024 - 5:20 am | View Link