This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The that has pummeled Britain was identified Wednesday in Southern California, the second confirmed infection in the United States of what scientists believe to be a more contagious strain of the pathogen.The news broke just hours after Colorado officials revealed they are investigating their involving the variant, and as federal officials pledged to ramp up their monitoring...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by The that has pummeled Britain was identified Wednesday in Southern California, the second confirmed infection in the United States of what scientists believe to be a more contagious strain of the pathogen.The news broke just hours after Colorado officials revealed they are investigating their involving the variant, and as federal officials pledged to ramp up their monitoring...WW…