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What Does The New COVID-19 Variant In The U.K. Mean For Americans?

By Joe Palca

Published December 26, 2020 at 5:03 AM PST

This story was published more than 3 years ago.

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A look at the week's COVID-19 and vaccine news, including new information from the variant out of the United Kingdom.

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Joe Palca

Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. From 2011 to 2020 he produced stories that explored the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors as part of his series, Joe's Big Idea. Palca is also the founder of NPR Scicommers – A science communication collective.