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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

An email to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was omnious: A senior adviser to a top Health and Human Services Department official accused the CDC of "untermining the president".

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

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.

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

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