SIU research team reports discovery of new, dominant COVID-19 variant in U.S.
SIU research team reports discovery of new, dominant COVID-19 variant in U.S. SIU research team discovers new, dominant COVID-19 variant in U.S. By Marsha Heller | January 14, 2021 at 9:25 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 12:30 PM CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Southern Illinois University Carbondale announced a research team at the university has discovered a new variant of the COVID-19 virus that is âspecific to and dominant in the United States.â The research team says this new variant, referred to as 20C-US, accounts for about half of the cases in the country and might be more ea...