The new XEC variant is a recombinant of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 strains, and has been deemed to be more transmissible due to ...

Norovirus is always rife during winter and now a new variant has been identified in the UK, contributing to a spike in cases.

Confirming the imminent arrival of the cooler temperatures, Ireland weather expert, Alan O'Reilly, of Carlow Weather, told his followers on X: "A cooler trend on weather models from next week but ...