All posts by: Afzal S. Siddiqui

What Are the New COVID-19 Variants, and How Can We Track Them?

As new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus surge across the planet, public health officials are scrambling to increase genetic sequencing of positive samples. Sequencing is crucial in understanding how the virus is changing, and determining whether our brand new vaccines will remain effective, officials say. “Imagine if we didn’t have this genetic data,” says […]