Officially called XFG, the new variant is part of the Omicron family, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.

Canada has detected the new “Frankenstein” COVID-19 variant, a mix of two Omicron subtypes. While experts say the overall ...

As COVID-19 continues to evolve, a new strain is spiking case numbers worldwide. The XFG variant, also known as Stratus, has been gaining momentum after first being detected in Southeast Asia in ...

The vaccination campaign comes as COVID-19 cases in people going to emergency or urgent care for respiratory symptoms have ...

Canada has recorded the first ever confirmed case of Mpox Clade I variant in a traveller from Manitoba, as per reports from Canada's Public Health Agency (PHAC). The individual who has tested positive ...

The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared coronavirus subvariant JN.1 a variant of interest "due to its rapidly increasing spread." It made up about 3 percent of all coronavirus cases in early ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. A new coronavirus variant is ...

JN.1 is the latest COVID-19 variant making its rounds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the CDC, JN.1 made up 61.6% of variants circulating in the ...

A new coronavirus virus variant, XEC, is rapidly spreading across the United States. XEC has become the second most prevalent strain in the country, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its "variants of concern" (VOCs) on June 15. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more ...