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The variant is the dominant coronavirus strain in the U.S.

The study contradicts several others published last month that suggested the U.K. variant was associated with an increased risk of death.

People infected with the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom did not experience more severe symptoms and were not at higher risk of death, according to a new study published Monday. Scientists are struggling...

By Bill Galluccio Apr 13, 2021 A new study has found that the U.K. coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.7, doesn't cause a more severe infection and is not deadlier than the original strain. Scientists are trying to understand more about the new strain, which is more contagious and is now the dominant strain in the United States and Europe. "We were able to do this real-time analysis because we were in the eye of the storm," said a lead author of the study,  Dan Frampton, a bioinformatician at University College London. While patients with the variant had a higher "viral load" than patie...

Apr 13, 2021 A new study has found that the U.K. coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.7, doesn't cause a more severe infection and is not deadlier than the original strain. Scientists are trying to understand more about the new strain, which is more contagious and is now the dominant strain in the United States and Europe. "We were able to do this real-time analysis because we were in the eye of the storm," said a lead author of the study,  Dan Frampton, a bioinformatician at University College London. While patients with the variant had a higher "viral load" than patients with the origin...