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New COVID-19 XEC variant circulating just before fall

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COVID-19 and flu vaccines at a walk-in clinic on Dec. 3, 2023, at St. Procopius School in Pilsen. A new COVID-19 variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall 2024.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers indicate that the vaccine and booster shots should protect against the new variant.

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