The WHO warns that a new, more dominant COVID strain is on the loose—and spreading rapidly. What to know about the XFG ...

A new Covid variant called Stratus or XFG is spreading across 38 countries. The World Health Organisation is monitoring this ...

An extremely painful sore throat, often now referred to as “razor blade throat”, is just one of the several symptoms of a new ...

The new Stratus Covid variant, now dominant in several regions, is linked to hoarseness as an early symptom. Here's what ...

The new variant has come out of seemingly nowhere, but now is fast becoming the dominant strain of the potentially deadly ...

When the first reports of a new COVID-19 variant emerge, scientists worldwide scramble to answer a critical question: Will ...

The World Health Organization has added the variant, known formally as XFG, to its monitoring list. A dry, irritated throat ...

The Stratus COVID-19 variant, which includes the XFG and XFG.3 strains, currently accounts for around 30 per cent of COVID-19 ...

This was a significant rise from 7.4% four weeks prior and only just below the proportion of NB.1.8.1 at 24.9%. Given the now ...

The Stratus displays symptoms akin to those seen in past Omicron subvariants, with common indicators including a ...

“One of the most noticeable symptoms of the Stratus variant is hoarseness, which includes a scratchy or raspy voice," ...

Other health experts in India, who have seen the side effects of the virus first hand, due to 'Stratus' being particularly ...