Recent data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) suggests that the XE variant of Omicron may be more transmissible than the BA.2 strain currently driving COVID-19 infections in the UK. A total ...

The hybrid omicron XE strain, also named the "Frankenstein" variant, has spreading across the globe, but should people in Illinois and Chicago be worried? Here's a look at what we know so far: Stream ...

A new variant of the coronavirus has emerged in the U.K., but it’s too soon to know whether it should be cause for concern. Called XE, it is a combination of two versions of omicron, named BA.1 and BA ...

Jemma Geoghegan is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago and an associate scientist at ESR. She receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand. David Welch has received funding from ...