A Covid Test Targeting The Fast-Spreading XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is Being Developed By Scientists

Topline Swiss pharma giant Roche on Thursday launched a new Covid test designed to help researchers find the highly contagious omicron offshoot XBB.1.5—unofficially nicknamed “Kraken”—a mutant that is...

Conspiracy Theorists Attack Jimmy Fallon’s XBB.1.5 Covid-19 Song

Jimmy Fallon, seen here backstage at the new musical based on the film “Almost Famous,” recently … [+] performed a song and dance on The Tonight Show about the XBB.1.5 subvariant of ...

Omicron XBB.1.5 is most transmissible subvariant, WHO says

XBB.1.5 strain, January 4, 2023, Suqian, Jiangsu, China. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images The XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant that’s currently dominating the U.S. is the most contagious versi...

omicron XBB.1.5 is immune evasive, binds better to cells

Gilnature | Istock | Getty Images The Covid omicron XBB.1.5 variant is rapidly becoming dominant in the U.S. because it is highly immune evasive and appears more effective at binding to cells than rel...