As has been the pattern over the last few years, a new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Here's what you need to know about the most common COVID-19 variant and the newest one to cause infections.

DRB1*01:03 genetic variant is associated with severe ulcerative colitis, significantly raising the risk of major surgeries ...

LUSAKA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Zambia's health ministry on Thursday reported the country's first case of mpox, without disclosing which variant had been recorded. The World Health Organization in ...

A new variant of COVID-19 is growing in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recent CDC data shows that KP.3.1.1 remains the dominant COVID-19 variant in ...

KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as it ... while the four states in Region 10 had the biggest decrease (-2.7%) in positive COVID-19 cases from Sept.

The new COVID variant XEC has been found by UK health experts as they prepare for winter, when cases tend to increase. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has highlighted a slight increase in ...

Cases of the XEC variant, first detected in Germany in June, have also been found in the United States, Denmark and other countries. The strain, a combination of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 variants ...

told the Chicago Tribune the newest variant "just started to pop up" in the Chicago area, but it remains in low levels, making up up to 5% of cases currently circulating in the region. The XEC ...

A new Covid variant has been reported across the globe with fears it will soon be the dominant strain of the illness. Cases of the XEC variant, first detected in Germany in June, have since been ...