Scientific ethics
Vaccination rate for LA public safety workers below average

Jun. 19, 2021 05:47 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — COVID-19 vaccination rates for police and firefighting personnel in Los Angeles and prison employees across California are significantly...

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, administers the ceremonial swearing-in of Michael Regan as EPA administrator in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. With EPA Administrator Regan are his wife Melvina Thomas Regan, son Matthew Silas, 7. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Interview: EPA head removes Trump-era science advisers

By Matthew Daly Mar. 31, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

In this Feb. 17, 2021, photo, volunteer Laquane Glover, center, waits to sanitize chairs as people wait at a coronavirus vaccination site in Las Vegas. As states ramp up vaccination distribution in the fight against the coronavirus, volunteers are needed to do everything from direct traffic to check people in to keep vaccination sites running smoothly. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot

By Terry Tang And Manuel Valdes Mar. 09, 2021 07:14 PM EST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, photo provided by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Ariz., for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially received a placebo. (Nina Mayer Ritchie/Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health via AP)
Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

By Felicia Fonseca Jan. 02, 2021 11:11 AM EST

Amid hesitation, Nashville urges vaccine trial participation

By Kimberlee Kruesi Nov. 12, 2020 02:05 PM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The head of Nashville’s Meharry Medical College, the oldest historically Black medical school in the country, on Thursday urged Black...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 file photo, senior Clinical Research Nurse Ajithkumar Sukumaran prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer, at a clinic in London. U.K. researchers said Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020, they are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with the new coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up development of a vaccine. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
UK to infect healthy volunteers in vaccine research trial

By Danica Kirka Oct. 20, 2020 05:03 AM EDT

This June 15, 2020 photo shows a Pepcid antacid label listing the active ingredient famotidine in Washington. The U.S. government's Pepcid project has revealed what critics describe as the Trump administration’s disregard for science and anti-corruption rules meant to guard against taxpayer dollars going to political cronies or funding projects that aren’t rigorously designed. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Pepcid-COVID study raised red flags weeks after $21M grant

By Richard Lardner And Jason Dearen Jul. 24, 2020 04:11 PM EDT

This June 15, 2020 photo shows a bottle of Pepcid antacid in Washington. The U.S. government's Pepcid project has revealed what critics describe as the Trump administration’s disregard for science and anti-corruption rules meant to guard against taxpayer dollars going to political cronies or funding projects that aren’t rigorously designed. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Pepcid as a virus remedy? Trump admin's $21M gamble fizzled

By Richard Lardner And Jason Dearen Jul. 23, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

An online post by SinoPharm shows pictures of workers it says got vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine candidate and the words "Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory." In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, the state-owned Chinese company is boasting that it gave its employees, including top executives, experimental shots even before the government OK'd testing in people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese executives get 'pre-test' injections in vaccine race

By Sam Mcneil And Lauran Neergaard Jul. 16, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

Anti-doping group funds extensive COVID-19 research project

By Eddie Pells Apr. 06, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
The nonprofit that raises funds for around 80% of the world's anti-doping research is shifting $120,000 to conduct 15,000 COVID-19 tests that will help...