A new COVID variant is on the rise amid a nationwide summer surge of cases and it's on track to become the third most common ...

A new COVID-19 variant, Stratus (XFG), has been detected in Arizona and is spreading globally. Stratus is a descendant of the ...

COVID-19 variant XFG accounted for 0% of U.S. cases in May. By late-June, it became the third-most common strain.

The variant was most notably present in the state during early June, when XFG made up 75% of reported COVID-19 cases. The ...

WHO is monitoring the fast-spreading XFG "Stratus" COVID variant, now the third-most common US strain, as it spreads into ...

The CDC has moved to using longer data timeframes for COVID tracking due to low reporting from states. According to the ...

Symptoms are similar to other Omicron subvariants, including fever, chills, shortness of breath, sore throat, fatigue, ...

The rapid rise of the SARS-CoV-2 variant XFG this summer could make it the dominant strain by the start of the fall COVID ...

Stratus' is the new COVID variant growing in the U.S. and the rest of the world. However, COVID-19 cases are down in Minnesota.

Variant XFG, also known as “Stratus,” was first detected in Southeast Asia back in January but accounted for very few of ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the strain is now the third most common COVID-19 variant in the ...

Scientists are currently studying how well people are protected against severe disease from XFG. Researchers conducted lab studies using human cells and a "pseudovirus" stand-in for XFG, as well as ...