Virus

Scientists in Oregon have discovered a native version of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that first appeared in the UK - but now combined with a mutation that may make the variant less susceptible to vaccines.The researchers…

Even as officials in Texas and Mississippi lifted statewide mask mandates, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided new evidence on the importance of face covering, reporting that mask mandates were…

20H / 501Y.V2.VOC 202012/02.B.1.351.Those were the charming names that scientists had suggested for a new variant of the coronavirus identified in South Africa. The intertwined sequences of letters, numbers, and dots are of great…

Windfalls for some statesIn his survey, Peter DeGroot, director of community research and strategy at JP Morgan, found a handful of states, including Idaho, South Dakota and New Mexico, that made even more money last year than they did in…

The newly released documents, which included the FDA's first technical analysis for the company's 45,000-person study, showed the vaccine was safe, with significantly milder side effects than Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and with no reports…

A health worker wearing a protective mask works in a laboratory during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, USAEva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIt's been a little…

When lawmakers asked billions of dollars to fund the country's efforts to prosecute coronavirus variants, the Biden government on Wednesday announced a new effort to move that work forward, pledging nearly $ 200 million to address the…

While Americans are excited to see variants that were first distributed in the UK and South Africa in the US, scientists are finding a number of new variants that originated here. What is even more worrying is that many of these flavors…

A laboratory technician tests material with a single-channel pipette dropper during processing of the Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) in a laboratory in the South African suburb of Dunkeld in Johannesburg, South Africa on…

LONDON - UK government scientists are increasingly realizing that the variant of coronavirus, first discovered in the UK, is more deadly than the original virus. This is a devastating trend that highlights the serious risks of this new…