Category: News U.S

People wait outside an immigration office in Berlin.Credit: Adam Berry/Getty Marteza Hasani fled Afghanistan in 2005 when he was six years old. During the war there, he found the beheaded body of his father, who had been killed by the Taliban, in front of his family home. That was the first of many unimaginable traumas… Read more

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide $186,000,000 in funding for additional resources to state and local jurisdictions in support of our nation’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “Testing and surveillance is a vital piece of our… Read more

Science organizations warn that thousands of researchers could lose their jobs in the wake of coronavirus shutdowns.Credit: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg/Getty Research in Australia will face drastic cuts in funding and jobs as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shut-downs, according to a report by organizations representing the country’s researchers and academia. Universities in Australia… Read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today the extension of a No Sail Order for all cruise ships. “We are working with the cruise line industry to address the health and safety of crew at sea as well as communities surrounding U.S. cruise ship points of entry,” said CDC Director Robert Redfield. … Read more

Although single-use plastics are essential for certain experiments, some scientists are striving to reduce such waste.Credit: Ivan Busic/Shutterstock As a postdoctoral researcher, Cristina Azevedo went through single-use plastic tubes by the hundreds. The University College London biochemist was culturing yeast in Falcon tubes, and the thought of all that plastic waste was like an itch… Read more

CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly expand the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the COVID-19 virus. This national network of sequencing laboratories will speed the release of SARS-CoV-2 sequence data into the public domain. SPHERES will provide consistent, real-time… Read more

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Control (CDC) scientists Dr. Vikram Krishnasamy, and Dr. Peter Briss and the 2019 Lung Injury Prevention Team, have been named finalists in the Partnership for Public Service’s annual Service to America awards. The awards, named after Partnership founder Samuel J. Heyman and known as the “Sammies,” recognize the talents… Read more