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Shortly before autumn, a new COVID-19 variant XEC is circulating. What you should know about it


Shortly before autumn, a new COVID-19 variant XEC is circulating. What you should know about it

Shortly before autumn, a new COVID variant, XEC, emerged. The new variant emerged from the omicron variant, which was first identified in late 2021. It is possible that XEC “will become the dominant subvariant in winter,” Francois Balloux, director of the Genetics Institute at University College London, told the BBC. Dallas County experienced a surge […]

Earthquakes before 2017 are linked to wastewater from the oil and gas industry, SMU scientists find


Earthquakes before 2017 are linked to wastewater from the oil and gas industry, SMU scientists find

In recent weeks, residents of North Texas have felt the aftershocks of several earthquakes that originated near Hermleigh in Scurry County, about 250 miles west of downtown Dallas. The cause of these quakes is not yet clear, but a scientist from the United States Geological Survey said The Dallas Morning News that they were probably […]