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As distribution of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine begins, here's how doses will be distributed - and how you can find out where you stand in line. "This variant is more fit, or it works better," he said. "Naturally, there's going to be more of it and it's going to be transmissible more easily and grow more readily and then kind of take over, so to speak, the population of viruses." Rhoads says viruses mutate randomly all the time and scientists have been expecting the coronavirus' genetic makeup to change. He says mutation is a little like somebody recopying a script over and over, and occasionall...

Most mutations are insignificant and often detrimental to the virus, but sometimes the virus gets lucky and the mutation helps it work better.

New strains of COVID-19 are now impacting countries around the world. But should we be concerned?

New strains of COVID-19 are making headlines and impacting countries around the world.

Along the Street: Prominent California impressionist setting up shop in McMinnville Submitted photo##Artist Erin Hanson's paintings often feature subjects she's seen in the outdoors. She said she is looking forward to moving her studio to McMinnville, where she will be closer to nature. Submitted photo##Hanson used her open impressionistic style to capture the light and mood in her painting of the "Oregon Cascades." Artist Erin Hanson, considered one of the leading contemporary impressionists in the country, is relocating her flagship gallery and studio to McMinnville . Hanson paints in a s...