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Richard Reeve Created: February 22, 2021 09:00 PM It might just be the Centers for Disease Control's secret weapon in the fight against COVID-19: A little-known branch of the CDC, known as the Epidemic Intelligence Service, or EIS for short.  "There's no escaping this pandemic," said Eric Pevzner, the chief of the EIS. "I think since the emergence of the SARS-coV-2 and COVID-19 disease, we've seen an upward trajectory, and there's been no signs that anything is slowing down." With a $20 million budget, the EIS is a quick-strike force with a potential nationwide reach in...

email article The so-called U.K. variant continues to spread around the U.S., with cases identified in all but eight states, Biden administration officials said in a briefing on Wednesday. There are now 1,277 cases of the B.1.17 variant in 42 states, including one case of the E484K escape mutation first identified in the U.K., which was previously seen on the so-called South African variant, which has been shown to impact certain COVID-19 treatments, such as convalescent plasma. In addition, 19 cases of the B.1.351 (South African) variant were found in 10 states, and three cases of the ...