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Q&A EXPLAINER: Scientists trying to understand new virus variant

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EXPLAINER: Scientists trying to understand new virus variant Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new variants of the coronavirus, especially the one moving... AP NEWS
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There is currently no evidence UK coronavirus variant is linked to a higher risk of hospitalization

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There is currently no evidence UK coronavirus variant is linked to a higher risk of hospitalization Preliminary analysis from Public Health England (PHE) on the new variant of coronavirus first detected in the UK has revealed that, while the variant appears to be more transmissible, there is no evidence it’s linked to a higher risk of hospital admission or death. By Julia Hollingsworth, Adam Renton, Amy Woodyatt, Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and Veronica Rocha, CNN CNN
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U.S. detects first case of COVID-19 variant as Biden offers gloomy vaccine outlook

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U.S. detects first case of COVID-19 variant as Biden offers gloomy vaccine outlook The first known U.S. case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado on Tuesday, and President-elect Joe Biden said that it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated for the virus at current distribution rates. Trevor Hunnicutt, Lisa Lambert U.S.
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WHO warns Covid-19 pandemic is 'not necessarily the big one'

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WHO warns Covid-19 pandemic is 'not necessarily the big one' Experts tell end of year media briefing that virus is likely to become endemic and the world will have to learn to live with it Melissa Davey the Guardian
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White House testing czar: UK coronavirus variant 'likely' in US

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White House testing czar: UK coronavirus variant 'likely' in US Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Adm. John Bowden TheHill

Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Adm. Brett Giroir said Monday that a new, faster-spreading strain of coronavirus first found in the United Kingdom is "likely" already present in the U.S., though he cautioned that officials have no evidence of its presence yet.

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