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Several states, including California, Massachusetts and Delaware, are also analyzing suspicious virus samples for the variant, said Dr. Greg Armstrong, who directs genetic sequencing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said the CDC is working with a national lab that gets samples from around the country to broaden that search, with results expected within days. The discovery in Colorado has added urgency to the nation’s vaccination drive against COVID-19, which has killed more than 340,000 people in the U.S. Britain is seeing infections soar and hospitalizations climb...

California Joins Colorado With Highly Transmissible Covid Strain Bloomberg 30/12/2020 Catherine Traywick, Michelle Fay Cortez and Michael B. Marois © Photographer: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images North America AURORA, CO - DECEMBER 16: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center registered nurse Salek Walker gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Russ Shell, a registered nurse in a COVID unit at the hospital, on December 16, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. The Eastern Colorado VA Health Care System was chosen as one of 37 VA centers around the co...

"Because the variants spread more rapidly, they could lead to more cases and put even more strain on our already heavily burdened health-care systems," Dr. Henry Walke, the agency's Covid incident manager, said on a conference call with reporters. Walke said the available data indicates that the new variant spreads "more easily and quickly than other strains," but it does not appear to cause more severe disease or increased risk of death. He noted that the individual in Colorado who was infected with the new strain of the virus did not have a travel history, which "suggests this variant has b...

LOS ANGELES — Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died. Her publicist says Wells died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19 at age 82. Besides TV, film and stage acting credits, her other real-life roles included teacher and motivational speaker. Born in Reno, Nevada, Wells represented her state in the 1959 Miss America pageant and quickly pivoted to an acting career. Her early TV roles came on shows including “77 Sunset Strip,” “Maverick” and “Bonanza.” Then came “Gilligan’s Island,”...

California reports first case of more contagious COVID-19 strain; more states expected Grace Hauck and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Gov. Newsom and Dr. Fauci discuss California's first case of more contagious COVID strain Replay Video UP NEXT Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaking in an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, said the case was confirmed in Southern California Wednesday afternoon.  During a Wednesday afternoon briefing, San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said a 30-year-old man in the county with no travel histor...