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Print The coronavirus variant first seen in Los Angeles in July now accounts for about 44% of new infections in Southern California and more than a third of new infections throughout the state, researchers reported Thursday. In addition, the variant has spread across the United States and to six countries around the globe, according to the study in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. It “remains uncertain” whether the genetic changes that characterize the fast-moving variant have improved its ability to transmit from person to person, or to make people infected with it sicker, a tea...

Ghana has confirmed cases of new variant of the coronavirus Over the past month, news of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has emerged from around the globe: first in the United Kingdom, then South Africa and Brazil. Now those strains are in the United States. The reports are unsettling. Many of us were finally hoping for better days, thanks to the vaccine rollout and a slight dip in positivity rates in this country. Instead, infectious disease experts warn that the next six to 14 weeks may be the “darkest” period of the pandemic yet if we’re not careful. We’ve been thrust back into a period of...

Created with Sketch. During a recent school drop-off, I heard several fellow parents talking about the upcoming February break. They were discussing whether they should get out of town to visit family or go somewhere warm. A few admitted in whispers that they were thinking about chancing it. My older child is a New York City public school student who has been following a hybrid schedule since the fall, so he and his fellow in-person classmates come from families that have assumed a somewhat higher level of risk — as opposed to the 50% or more of families who opted to stay fully remote.

Researchers say a new coronavirus variant found in California may have contributed to Los Angeles' case surge Researchers say a new coronavirus variant found in California may have contributed to Los Angeles' case surge Aylin WoodwardJan 28, 2021, 00:17 IST Nurse Michelle Goldson in the ICU at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 2020.Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images More than 1 million people in LA county have gotten According to a recent study, LA's coronavirus surge coincides with the emergence of a new variant called CAL.20...

Does California have its own highly contagious homegrown COVID-19 strain? Scientists say, yes Updated Jan 25, 2021; Posted Jan 25, 2021 This Jan. 12, 2021, file photo provided by the LA County Dept. of Medical Examiner-Coroner shows National Guard members assisting with processing COVID-19 deaths and placing them into temporary storage at LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner Office in Los Angeles (LA County Dept. of Medical Examiner-Coroner via AP, File) APAP Facebook Share Since early December, California has topped the list of the states with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases. Now, a report...