variant

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Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Rivian will first launch a $57,990 model, with plans to debut a $45,000 variant in late 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

In late 2027, Rivian plans to offer the R2 Standard variant, set to cost around $45,000.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Scientists at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have identified a rare genetic variant that can directly cause metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

One woman with the BRCA1 mutation might develop an aggressive, metastatic variant of breast cancer at age thirty.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee