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China’s actions and the Wuhan lab connection do require closer scrutiny even if the U.S. may not find the smoking gun

May 24, 2021 6:12 AM By Brandon Lee and Alex Ruoff Federal Health officials are ramping up their surveillance of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India as experts warn that under-vaccinated areas in the U.S. could become hot spots for the mutation. While U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Meanwhile, one science group said the strain could be as much as 50% more transmissible than B.1.1.7, the variant that emerged from the U.K. That mutation was first seen in...

A raging outbreak in Brazil threatens gains against the virus.

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   A vaccine expert found out that Regeneron's COVID-19 antibody-drug appears to prevent virus spread within households. (Photo : wikimedia commons) Regeneron Prevents Virus Spread According to the findings of a clinical trial conducted in part by a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center vaccine researcher, an antibody regimen created by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals offered good defense against COVID-19 when administered to people living with someone infected with the virus. The findings, which were announced by the Tarrytown, New York-based pharmaceutical company on Mo...

New York State is going along with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and will allow students in public schools to sit closer together.