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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Separate teams of researchers have found yet another coronavirus variant – this one in New York City . The new variant may be able to evade present vaccines. But vaccine companies are already on the case, CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reported Thursday. READ MORE: Long Island Resident Tests Positive For COVID-19 Variant First Detected In South Africa All viruses mutate and evolve. That’s what they do. And as we genetically sequence more and more virus samples, we will find more and more mutations, most of which are either harmless or deadly to the virus, itself. But some mutations make a virus more infectious or deadlier. Still, virus experts tell us not to become alarmed over every variant that may be found. “We need to just consider this a variant of interest, something that is interesting that we need to follow and track. But it doesn’t change anything about our public health concern. We need more data and studies to understand that,” said Dr. Jay … [Read more...] about New COVID Variant First Detected In New York City Spreading In Northeast

close Video West Virginia COVID vaccination rate among highest in nation Republican Gov. Jim Justice outlines vaccine distribution program on 'Special Report' Researchers studying COVID-19 and its variants across the U.S. have expressed concern over a mutation found in New York City that could diminish the effectiveness of vaccines on the virus. The New York Times reported that researchers at Caltech and Columbia University studied the mutation, called B.1.526. One scientist told the paper he was more concerned about the variant in New York than the one in California. The report said that the researchers found that E484K and S477N mutations present in more than a quarter of samples in the study. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ON THE CORONAVIRUS The E484K mutation has been called the "escape mutation" because it could help COVID-19 evade a human immune response, and the S477N mutation creates spike proteins that affect how it attaches … [Read more...] about New COVID-19 variant in New York City ‘definitely one to watch’

close Video New York lawmaker feels 'moral obligation' to speak out against Cuomo Democrat Ron Kim decries governor's 'egregious actions' on 'The Story', responds to news conference A New York Democratic lawmaker blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo 's "egregious" cover-up of the nursing home scandal Monday, calling for a thorough investigation into his administration's failure to protect the state's most vulnerable population. The governor's nursing home debacle returned to the headlines last week when his top aide, Melissa DeRosa, admitted on a call with Empire State Democrats that the administration had withheld the true number of COVID-19 -related deaths at nursing homes from DOJ investigators over fears that the data could "be used against us," as first reported by the New York Post. Assemblyman Ron Kim told " The Story " on Monday that DeRosa "implicated all of us listening in to that call to their cover-up." LIVE UPDATES: CUOMO NURSING … [Read more...] about New York Dem lawmaker decries Cuomo’s ‘egregious’ nursing home cover-up, calls for ‘thorough investigation’

close Video ‘No longer any need’ for Cuomo to have extreme emergency powers: New York state senator New York State Sen. John Liu calls for the revocation of some emergency powers previously granted to the state’s governor. New York Democratic State Sen. John Liu is calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be stripped of his emergency powers amid ongoing controversy over the Democratic administration's withholding of data on nursing home deaths from coronavirus . Liu is one of several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have criticized Cuomo’s order requiring nursing homes to accept coronavirus-positive patients released from hospitals. The directive was enacted on March 25 and rescinded in May. Liu joined Sandra Smith on " America Reports " to explain why he feels it’s time for the governor’s emergency powers to be revoked. JOHN LIU: The governor has exercised a great deal of unilateral power over the past year, because of a pandemic … [Read more...] about Democratic New York state senator: Cuomo’s emergency pandemic powers ‘no longer’ necessary

WASHINGTON - Millions of pages of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax returns and business documents have been turned over to New York prosecutors after he lost a 17-month effort to keep investigators from obtaining them. The records, including the federal income tax returns Trump filed with the government’s Internal Revenue Service from 2011 to 2019, were handed over to New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. by Trump’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars, on Monday. The handoff came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the former president, who left office a month ago. Vance, other prosecutors, and investigators are now poring over the documents to determine whether Trump, the Trump Organization, the real estate company’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, or any of Trump’s three adult children — Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump — engaged in financial fraud. What’s Next for Donald Trump in American Politics? … [Read more...] about Trump Tax Records Turned Over to New York Prosecutors