XE is the latest COVID variant on our radar. It was first discovered in the UK and has since touched down in Thailand, India, and Israel, according to CNBC. On March 26, Japan reported its first case ...

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 ...

It’s nicknamed Frankenstein, but experts say that shouldn’t scare you. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a preliminary report on the new COVID-19 "Frankenstein" subvariant called XE, ...

XD is present in several European countries, but has not been detected in the UK, according to the report. XF caused a small cluster in the UK but has not been detected there since February 15. The ...

The more contagious omicron subvariant BA.2 has become the dominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S., but international health experts are putting an increased focus on a new hybrid variant that may even ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic has progressed, we’ve repeatedly seen the arrival of new viral variants. Variants of concern, such as Delta and Omicron, are versions of SARS-CoV-2 (the original variant that ...

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new omicron variant — dubbed XE — that’s a hybrid of BA.1, the original omicron strain, and BA.2, a highly transmissible subvariant. 1. The strain was ...