The Stratus or XFG variant transmits easily and is spreading worldwide. Stratus is a combination of variants F.7 and LP.8.1.2 ...

COVID-19 variant XFG accounted for 0% of U.S. cases in May. By late-June, it became the third-most common strain.

A new COVID variant is on the rise amid a nationwide summer surge of cases. Positive cases in Mississippi are climbing. What ...

A new COVID-19 variant, Stratus (XFG), has been detected in Arizona and is spreading globally. Stratus is a descendant of the ...

COVID-19 cases are rising across the United States, driven by new variants Stratus (XFG) and Nimbus (NB.1.8.1). While Stratus is anecdotally linked to hoarseness and Nimbus to severe sore throat, they ...

The “Stratus” variant (XFG) was first identified in January in Southeast Asia. By June, it accounted for 14% of COVID cases ...

For the week ending Aug. 2, 6.4% of COVID-19 tests came back positive in Wisconsin, state Department of Health Services data ...

In the last month, the XFG variant has driven an increasing proportion of cases. As of Aug. 13, Stratus is now the ...

The variant was most notably present in the state during early June, when XFG made up 75% of reported COVID-19 cases. The ...

What is COVID variant XFG? XFG is a combination of COVID-19 variants F.7 and LP.8.1.2, the latter of which is the second most prominent strain in the United States.

Enter the XFG variant, which is part of the oh-so-familiar Omicron family. XFG is actually a combination of the LF.7 and LP.8.1.2 variants, which were combinations of previous variants themselves.