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 XE variant is a recombinant, meaning it has parts of two different variants rearranged into a new virus, which in this case are BA.1, the original strain of omicron, and BA.2, known as "stealth ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. A new strain of Omicron, called XE, is spreading in the U.K., and a few cases have been identified elsewhere in the world.

Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Health officials are tracking a new Omicron subvariant, classified as the XE, a hybrid of two previously identified subvariants. These types of “recombinant” ...

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 ...

Even as the highly contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 is increasingly dominating California and the U.S., an even more potentially contagious subvariant, XE, has attracted the attention of global ...