The new variant, nicknamed "Eris," has quickly overtaken the prevailing Omicron XBB variants that have been circulating for the past six months Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has ...

The rapid spread and “growth advantage” of Omicron XBB.1.5 – nicknamed the Kraken variant – is a “concern”, Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization ...

New Year and New Variant of COVID is in the block. According to the World Health Organization, the XBB.1.5, a descendant of the Omicron XBB subvariant, has started to increase in some parts of ...

And as per reports, the first case of infection with the XBB.1.5 variant has also been confirmed in India. Read on to know what makes this Omicron variant so dangerous in nature. As per reports ...

In May, the FDA postponed the meeting as COVID-19 continued to evolve from the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant that the previous set of vaccines targeted. According to the latest CDC data, KP.2 and JN.

The currently approved COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), and Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) are designed to target the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant.

While some vaccine providers may still offer other options, such as the older booster that targeted the Omicron variant XBB.1.5, the recent JN.1 booster is the most up-to-date and best option. This is ...

Pfizer has said it is now in talks with major pharmacy chains to make its Comirnaty Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccine an option for people aged 12 and over in England, Scotland, and Wales who are not ...

In response to these emerging variants, the health ministry has approved a new vaccine targeting XBB, a subvariant of the Omicron strain that includes EG.5 and BA.2.86. The vaccine, developed by ...

A recent study has cautioned that even fully vaccinated people are not safe from the highly transmissible XBB.1.5 variant of Omicron, which is currently dominant in the USA. Keeping the rising ...