Surgeon general pick: New UK COVID-19 strain does not appear to be deadlier
The new, more contagious strain of COVID-19 that emerged in the United Kingdom doesn’t appear to be any deadlier, Surgeon General nominee Dr. Vivek Murthy said Sunday. “This news from the UK appears to be about a new strain of the virus that’s more transmissible, more contagious than the virus we’ve seen prior to this,” Murthy...