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The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.

The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research institutes and companies.

Moncef Slaoui, scientific head of Operation Warp Speed, discusses challenges and politics of approving a vaccine before the election.

Authorities' increased scrutiny of Chinese researchers' background causes concern about unfair accusations.

Over a third of US colleges and universities fully reopened in August.1. It was risky.

A new study shows the Biogen conference held at Boston's Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February played a far greater role in spreading the coronavirus than previously thought.

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Tear gas from the near-nightly sieges in Portland may be trickling into the Willamette River, officials fear.

Political meddling and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind.

The decision could generate intense controversy inside the administration and the broader scientific community because of a dearth of reliable data.

"We don't … understand the extent of how this could impact us legally; we're just scared because we know it could," one student says

The FDA granted emergency use authorization for a saliva test for the virus that causes Covid-19, which could improve testing capability in the U.S.

Activists praise the actions, but now seek deeper cultural change.

Leaders of the scientific community have declared that American science is in a crisis due to inadequate federal funding. They misconstrue the problem; its roots lie instead in the institutional interactions between federal funding agencies and higher education. 

Study would seek to identify effects of bias and how to promote equity.

The US National Science Foundation's new focus on computer science could also put already-under-represented groups at a disadvantage, critics say.

The proposed October coronavirus vaccine deadline intersects nicely with President Trump’s need to curb the virus before the presidential election in November.

The order to reroute CDC hospitalization figures raised accuracy concerns. But that's just one of the problems with how the country collects health data.

Just weeks after resolving shortages in swabs, researchers are struggling to find the chemicals and plastic pieces they need to carry out coronavirus tests in the lab - leading to long waiting times.

As campuses reopen without adequate testing, universities fault young people for a lack of personal responsibility.

California scientists have been denied access to detailed data on the pandemic by state and local officials

"The idea of losing that leadership at this critical moment for our nation is unthinkable," NIH Director Francis Collins told STAT. 

On 22 June, President Trump issued a proclamation that temporarily restricts many types of legal immigration into the country, including that of scientists and students. This will make America neither greater nor safer-rather, it could make America less so, argues Sudip Parikh.

The new Department of Homeland Security rule prohibits international students from returning to or remaining in the United States if their colleges adopt an online-only instruction model for the fall.

Sethuraman Panchanathan has spent his career finding "win-win" situations

The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.

The agency has outlined actions it may take to deal with bullies and harassers, but it still relies on universities to report bad behaviour.

The world's premier health agency pushed a flawed coronavirus containment strategy - until it disappeared from public view one day before the outbreak was declared a pandemic.

The Trump administration's move to end visa programs for skilled immigrants will be catastrophic to the U.S. scientific enterprise at a time when we should be strengthening it with investments of funding and talent.