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Coronavirus Variant Tracker for the U.S.

Thu, 2021-05-27 12:14 — mike kraft

Coronavirus Variant Tracker: where different strains are spreading Our live tracker keeps you updated with the need-to-know info on the new coronavirus variants now spreading through the United States.

New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are rapidly spreading through the U.S. These coronavirus variants are being studied because they may be more transmissible, cause more severe disease, or reduce the efficacy of current vaccines. Our live tracker keeps you updated with the key information you need to know. ... (charts)

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Biden asks intelligence community to redouble efforts to determine definitive origin of the coronavirus

Wed, 2021-05-26 13:41 — mike kraft

Biden asks US intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that the origins of the virus trace to Chinese lab. AP NEWS

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Closer looks and background on Wuhan lab and origins of coronavirus

Tue, 2021-05-25 12:55 — mike kraft

NIH experts respond to questions about Wuhan lab at House committee hearing

Renewed interest in a lab-leak hypothesis prompted a few questions about the coronavirus’s origins at a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Tuesday, amid discussion of the National Institutes of Health budget.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) held up a copy of the Wall Street Journal, referring to its recent story about workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China who became sick in November 2019. Harris asked Francis S. Collins, who directs NIH, whether it was correct that $600,000 of $3.7 million in NIH funding, given to the research group EcoHealth Alliance, was directed to the Wuhan facility. That was accurate, Collins said.

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Both doses of vaccines needed to be highly effective against variant found in India.

Mon, 2021-05-24 11:19 — mike kraft

The Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the variant first found in India, but only if you get both doses, real-world data shows Two shots of Pfizer's vaccine were 88% effective against the variant first identified in India, and one shot was 33% effective, real-world data found. Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce YahooNews

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U.K. Scientists warn that Coronavirus variant from India could quickly become dominant

Wed, 2021-05-19 13:10 — mike kraft

Coronavirus variant from India could quickly become dominant, U.K. scientists warn It could be as much as 50 percent more contagious than the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant. William Booth Washington Post

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Indian variant: UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots, and how much faster does it spread?

Sat, 2021-05-15 13:12 — mike kraft

UK may start vaccinating young people in hotspots to combat spread of variant found in India Growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India may force the United Kingdom to tweak its Covid-19 vaccination program to prioritize people in the most affected areas, a top health official said Friday. Ivana Kottasová and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN CNN

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Scientists seek to study variants in India but tracking is lacking

Wed, 2021-05-12 10:15 — mike kraft

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode NEW DELHI (AP) — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and understand it better... AP NEWS

NEW DELHI (AP) — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and understand it better.

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