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The double mutation of a Covid-19 variant discovered in India is extremely worrying - and, according to Dr. Kavita Patel, a non-resident Brookings Institution scholar, spread to other countries."It's something that should be watched very…

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…

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…

Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Friday that their Covid vaccine is effective against one of the mutations in the new contagious variants in the UK and South Africa.Independent experts said the results were good news, but warned that each…

A patient with Covid-19 breathes oxygen on December 29, 2020 on the Covid-19 ward in Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35 km from central Cape Town.RODGER BOSCH | AFP | Getty ImagesA variant of the coronavirus identified in South Africa is more…