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The Stanford Clinical Virology Lab identified two cases of the variant, one each in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. Little is known about the circumstances of the Alameda County patient who contracted the variant.

The Stanford Clinical Virology Lab identified two cases of the variant, one each in Santa Clara and Alameda counties. The Santa Clara County case involved a person who had returned from international travel in mid-January.

California’s first two cases of a coronavirus variant first found in South Africa that...

In Race to Vaccinate, Could California See Another Surge? Crowds gather to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather at Dolores Park on Jan 16, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters ### During some of the darkest days in the pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom offered some optimism: the winter surge of COVID-19 would be it. Liquid gold — the first batch of vaccines — were just days away. “This is the final surge,” Newsom said on Dec. 3, urging people to stay home and save lives. Health exper...

- ADVERTISEMENT - During some of the darkest days in the pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom offered some optimism: the winter surge of COVID-19 would be it. Liquid gold — the first batch of vaccines — was just days away. “This is the final surge,” Newsom said on Dec. 3, urging people to stay home and save lives. Health experts continue to hope that steep spikes in infections and hospitalizations are a thing of the past. But a bumpy vaccine rollout, new, more contagious forms of the virus, an...

Tuesday, Feb. 2. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. While the latest COVID-19 surge appears to be abating, officials say the recent progress could be undone by new versions of the coronavirus that ha...

LOS ANGELES – A coronavirus variant from Brazil has been detected in a sample from the Bay Area, underscoring the urgency of ramping up inoculation efforts as researchers try to learn whether it, as well as others circulating in California, could undermine the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines. Res

One of the newest concerns in the fight against coronavirus is the variants of the disease that keep popping up.

A coronavirus variant from Brazil has been detected in a sample from the Bay Area, underscoring the urgency of ramping up inoculation efforts as researchers try to learn whether it, as well as others circulating in California, could undermine the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. Researchers at Stanford’s Clinical Virology Laboratory screened nearly 1,000 specimens during the last two weeks and found one case of the Brazil variant, known as P.2, said Dr. Benjamin Pinsky, the laboratory’s ...

After hundreds of samples by the Stanford Clinical virology Laboratory, the variants found in the UK and Brazil were also detected in the Bay Area.