Health experts and scientists around the world are sharing thoughts on what they believe will be the next dominant COVID variant to watch for this fall - XEC.
Health experts and scientists around the world are sharing thoughts on what they believe will be the next dominant COVID variant - XEC. Experts say it’s in the same family as the Omicron variant, but appears to be getting more contagious as it spreads this summer. Here’s what the experts are saying:XEC "is just getting started now around the world and here," Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in California, told The Los Angeles Times last month.
Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for FOX News and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, shared that he, too, expects XEC will soon be in the U.S."It seems to be more contagious — it causes congestion, cough, loss of smell and appetite, sore throat and body aches," he told Fox News Digital."The new vaccine should provide at least some coverage," he added.Last month, the U.S.
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