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CDC's Prediction About B117 Variant Was Correct

The British COVID variant is now the dominant US strain

(Newser) - The CDC says its prediction earlier this year that the coronavirus strain first detected in Britain would become the dominant strain in the US is now reality. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday that the more infectious B117 variant is "now the most common lineage circulating in the United...

Pfizer Vaccine Could Be Nearing 'Full Approval'

Latest data indicates 91.3% efficacy for 6 months

(Newser) - The coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech maintains 91.3% efficacy for at least six months after the second dose, even against the worrisome B.1.351 variant first identified in South Africa, the companies said Thursday. The findings—which double the previous best estimate of 90 days of protection,...

&#39;Double Mutant&#39; COVID Variant Is Found
'Double Mutant'
COVID Variant Is Found
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 24, 2021 9:30 AM CDT

'Double Mutant' COVID Variant Is Found

India analyzes samples, while Brazil sets another death record

(Newser) - There's now a "double mutant" variant of the novel coronavirus spreading in India. The nation's Health Ministry said Wednesday that a double variant—two mutations in the same virus—was detected in the country, along with other variants first discovered in the UK (B.1.1.7),...

New COVID Variant Is a Lot Harder to Detect

France says it was found in patients who had symptoms but tested negative on PCR tests

(Newser) - As far as researchers can tell, a new coronavirus variant detected in northwest France isn't deadlier or more infectious—but what makes it concerning is the fact that it's a lot harder to detect. Officials say the new variant was found after further testing was conducted on patients...

Brazil Smashes Daily Record for COVID Deaths—Again

Wednesday's nearly 2.3K deaths broke Tuesday's record

(Newser) - A week after President Jair Bolsonaro told Brazilians to quit their whining , the struggling nation has hit a new ominous milestone of nearly 2,300 daily deaths due to COVID-19. Brazil on Wednesday recorded 2,286 deaths—beating the record high of 1,972 set the day before—and 79,...

When It Comes to COVID, 'Brazil Is a Threat to Humanity'

P1 variant is spreading throughout the country

(Newser) - The COVID situation is grim in Brazil, as some new sets of numbers from the country's main health institute, Fiocruz, make clear. The BBC reports the country logged a record 1,972 COVID deaths Tuesday, pushing its total to 268,000 —that's No. 2 in the world....

Modified COVID Vaccines Just Got Fast-Tracked

UK, 4 other nations are using flu vaccine guidelines as a model

(Newser) - Regulators in the UK and four other countries plan to fast-track the development of modified COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that drugmakers are able to move swiftly in targeting emerging variants of the disease. Previously authorized vaccines that are modified to target new variants "will not need a brand new...

One Country Forced to Stop AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout

After study shows disappointing results against new strain in South Africa

(Newser) - South Africa has put its rollout of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, originally due to start next week, on hold after a study found it offered only minimal protection against a new variant of the coronavirus currently dominating new infections in the country. The study found that the vaccine "does...

The UK Variant Is Mutating Again
UK Variant Develops
'Worrying' Mutation
the rundown
Feb 2, 2021 11:49 AM CST

UK Variant Develops 'Worrying' Mutation

E484K mutation turns up in Britain, may give virus better chance of evading antibodies

(Newser) - The fast-spreading UK variant of the coronavirus appears to be mutating in a worrisome way, reports the BBC . Researchers with Public Health England have found a relative handful of samples—11 out of 214,000—with a mutation known as E484K. As the New York Times reports, this particular mutation...

Fauci Calls Virus Mutations a 'Wake-Up Call'

Treat each new case as if it's caused by a new strain, CDC advises

(Newser) - The coronavirus will keep mutating into new variants, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday, unless we achieve vaccination levels so high that new strains have nowhere to go. "Mutations occur because the virus has a playing field, as it were, to mutate," he said, the Hill reports. "If...

US Records First Death From UK COVID Variant

CDC says monitoring of new strains is being stepped up

(Newser) - A month after the first case of the coronavirus variant detected in Britain was found in the US , the first known death from the strain has been reported. New Jersey state health commissioner Judy Persichilli said Wednesday that a man with no recent history of international travel had died from...

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