XFG, dubbed “American COVID,” is spreading globally, with reports linking the variant to a distinctive hoarse or croaky voice ...

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XFG accounted for around 69% of variants identified in primary care and 65% of hospital samples in Spain. The country is also ...

The XFG variant — also known as American Covid or Stratus — is surging across the UK, with hospitalisations jumping from 950 ...

HEALTH experts have warned Ireland is facing an early autumn Covid surge. First detected in January 2025, “American Covid” ...

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Researchers in China have developed a double-antibody sandwich ELISA that detects the feline coronavirus spike protein in ...

A matched cohort study of 8,136 pregnant women in Israel found that COVID-19 infection managed in outpatient settings was not ...

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COVID-19 activity is increasing in the UK as the XFG variant circulates, but UKHSA says there is no evidence it causes more ...