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Randy Kates
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
How to (Literally) Drive the Coronavirus Away
The New York Times - Emily Anthes
[Here’s how you can get the coronavirus vaccine in NYC.] Over the past year, as the health authorities have tried to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers have trained their scientific attention on variety...
Jan 17
Randy Kates
SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 Virus, is Mutating, But So Far, Slowly | BioSpace
biospace.com
Viruses mutate, and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not different. Luckily, it appears to mutate relatively slowly. Meanwhile, …
Dec 10, 2020
Randy Kates
Southern California
New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests
The New York Times - Carl Zimmer
In late December, scientists in California began searching coronavirus samples for a fast-spreading new variant that had just been identified in Britain. They found it, though in relatively few samples....
5 days ago
Randy Kates
U.S. health officials: More data needed on UK COVID-19 variant warning
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is closely watching the more infectious variant of COVID-19 after British officials warned that it may also be more deadly, two top U.S. health officials said Saturday,...
1 day ago
Randy Kates
U.S. CDC says 41.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 20.5 million administered
Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 20,537,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 41,411,550 doses. The...
1 day ago