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How Major League Baseball is tracking Covid-19 variants To play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate.The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them to... Posted: Apr 1, 2021 7:18 AM Updated: Apr 1, 2021 12:00 PM Posted By: CNN To play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate. The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them to determine not only if a player has Covid-19 but also if a variant of the virus caused the player's infection. The MLB is one of few professional sporting organizati...

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. 23andMe in February said it's going public in a deal that values the company at $3.5 billion.  Despite 23andMe's success, the consumer genomics market has largely bottomed out, an analyst said. Others hoping to cash in on genetic health assessments have pivoted or shuttered efforts altogether. As consumer genetics giant 23andMe prepares to go public, the personal genetics market isn't what it once was.  "We've kind of hit the bottom and we're stable right ...

SARS-CoV-2 Under Surveillance To keep track of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, institutions tasked with viral surveillance need to devote more resources to genome sequencing March 4, 2021 In this illustration of SARS-CoV-2, just half the virion is displayed to reveal coiled RNA that would otherwise remain hidden within the capsid. This RNA accumulates mutations, resulting in SARS-CoV-2 variants that threaten to outpace the development of vaccines and antivirals. To identify the variants as they arise, laboratories must step up their sequencing efforts. [Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images] Share E...

The more transmissible, U.K. variant of coronavirus is circulating widely in the U.S., a new study has found.

The coronavirus variant that shut down much of the United Kingdom is spreading rapidly across the United States, outcompeting other mutant strains and