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A mutated form of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa is indeed more transmissible but, at this time, does not appear to cause more severe disease, an infectious disease expert who is helping to advise the country’s health minister said. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued an alert about the impact viral mutations of the coronavirus may have, including the potential to result in false negative tests.

Arkansas this week hit a new record for the active number of coronavirus cases in the state, according to official estimates. 

World Health Organization experts on Friday issued recommendations that the interval between administration of two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus can be extended to up to six weeks.

Britain authorized Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, following previous approval granted for shots developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca.

The European Union’s drug agency on Friday approved doctors drawing one more dose from each vial of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, in a move that — combined with the purchase of 300 million extra shots of the serum — could speed up the pace of vaccinations in the 27-nation bloc.

The United States surpassed 4,000 daily coronavirus deaths on Thursday, marking the highest number seen since the outbreak began.

A new -- albeit small -- study suggests Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine remains effective against mutated virus strains that emerged in South Africa and the U.K., and have since been detected in other parts of the world.

A child in California with “severe underlying medical conditions” has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, a health official in the state said this week. 

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an apartment complex in Portland, Ore., has killed at least one person and hospitalized four others, officials said this week. 

Connecticut has reported two confirmed cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant in two New Haven residents who traveled outside of the state, one of whom visited Ireland.

A doctor told top editors of a respected medical journal that he and other primary care physicians are "being driven crazy" by patients’ calls and emails about when they will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

A loss of taste and smell has become a telltale sign of a coronavirus infection for many, experts have said, with a new study published this week finding just how common this is for those who have suffered from a mild case of COVID-19. 

Texas health officials on Thursday identified the state's first known case of the mutated coronavirus strain first detected in the United Kingdom.

A person is dying every 8 minutes from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County, officials warned on Thursday as the region again faced a double-digit rise in new daily cases.

The U.K. coronavirus variant is likely already in Vermont, warned the president of the University of Vermont Medical Center this week. 

Pennsylvania has confirmed its first case of the U.K. coronavirus variant in a Dauphin County resident who had known international exposure.

Moderna’s CEO made a bold prediction Thursday about the amount of immunity his company’s COVID-19 vaccine may provide, suggesting that the recently approved vaccine could offer protection of up to a couple of years.

Over 50 cases of the more contagious, mutated coronavirus strain first detected in the U.K. have been identified across the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

The University of California San Diego campus has launched a "Return to Learn" campaign that includes nearly a dozen vending machines placed around campus that offer self-administered COVID-19 test kits.