(This article is part of the California Today newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox.) As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, the coronavirus is mutating. While scientists say that it’s not surprising that the pathogen is evolving, they’ve said it’s doing so more quickly than previously thought. One of the new variants was found in California, by researchers in both Los Angeles and in the Bay Area, where it was linked to several large outbreaks in Santa Clara County.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2021 13:41 UTC