Health officials are alarmed by Stratus, a new COVID-19 variant rapidly spreading globally since January 2025. Now dominant ...

While Stratus is the dominant COVID variant right now, it’s not causing any wildly different symptoms from previous variants, ...

The Food and Drug Administration says if you have symptoms an at home test will suffice for any COVID variant. If the test ...

A new Covid strain called Stratus is sweeping the UK, with two variants known as XFG and XFG.3. There's one symptom that ...

COVID-19 viral activity is high in the U.S., according to CDC data. Here's a look at the latest, including test positivity by ...

(NewsNation) — While COVID-19 isn’t the deadly and dangerous virus it was five years ago, it has still found a way to poke its ugly head into the health world. The latest problem to arise: the variant ...

The symptoms of XFG closely resemble those of other COVID variants, Weber said, and may include: Yes. Studies have shown rapid antigen tests can detect a variety of COVID variants, including XFG, ...

The new COVID-19 variant XFG, or "Stratus," has been making its way across the United States and Oklahoma. Here's what to ...

A new COVID-19 variant is climbing the ranks in the United States, becoming the third-most common strain of the summer. Variant XFG, colloquially known as "Stratus," was first detected in Southeast ...

CDC wastewater also shows the XFG variant — nicknamed stratus — is most common in the U.S. Stratus can cause a “razor blade” sore throat and is considered a “variant under monitoring” by the World ...

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“The antigen that the at-home tests look for has remained fairly stable even as the virus mutates and new strains of COVID ...