‘The devil is already here’: Scientists say homegrown California COVID variant will account for 90% of the state’s cases by the end of March and has a viral load twice as HIGH as earlier strains and a higher resistance to vaccines The coronavirus variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429 – also sometimes […]
More infectious COVID-19 variants are spreading in the U.S. at the same time as cases are falling and the national vaccination campaign is picking up steam. Put it all together, a Harvard epidemiologist said Friday, and it may all add up to a lucky break for us, and we may […]
In a handful of instances, the U.K. coronavirus variant has developed a mutation that may help it evade current vaccines, according to news reports. The variant, called B.1.1.7, was first identified in the U.K. in September 2020 and has since spread around the world, Live Science previously reported. This variant […]
CDC director predicts COVID-19 vaccine distribution will increase dramatically by late March CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky details the status of coronavirus vaccine production and distribution on ‘Fox News Sunday’ Alabama health officials said they have confirmed three cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant in the state, including two in […]
In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas gift: restrictions on gatherings and travel due to COVID-19 would be lifted from Dec. 23-26 so they could spend the holiday season with family and friends. Soon after those visits, the pandemic quickly got […]
A new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus has now spread to at least eight US states, official data showed Friday, as the country logged a record new daily virus caseload. The B117 coronavirus strain, which emerged in Britain late last year, has been shown to be between 40 and […]
The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week, said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain. AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal […]