Science policy
FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a hearing of South Africa's two-time Olympic 800-meter champion runner Caster Semenya, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2019. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)
Swimming's new transgender policy could impact other sports

By Eddie Pells Jun. 22, 2022 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov.4, 2017 file photo, the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is seen during the 39th session of the General Conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. While the U.S. president is calling for suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines, experts at UNESCO are quietly working on a more ambitious plan: a new global system for sharing scientific knowledge that would outlast the current pandemic. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Beyond vaccines, UNESCO wants more global science shared

May. 11, 2021 02:24 PM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team 'looks like America'

By Darlene Superville And Zeke Miller Apr. 01, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. (AP Graphic)
Biden to hold first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push

By Jonathan Lemire And Zeke Miller Mar. 31, 2021 01:48 PM EDT

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

Electrician Zach Newton works on wiring solar panels at the 38-acre BNRG/Dirigo solar farm, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Oxford, Maine. President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy by expanding renewables, but faces several challenges. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals

By Patrick Whittle And Cathy Bussewitz Mar. 03, 2021 01:08 AM EST

Travellers wait for their Covid-19 test results at Heathrow Airport in London, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The UK will close all travel corridors from Monday morning to protect against the coronavirus, with all travellers to have a negative COVID-19 test to enter the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
The Latest: Slovakia wants tests for nearly all in nine days

By The Associated Press Jan. 17, 2021 01:31 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to co-chair the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Maria Zuber speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Biden says his advisers will lead with 'science and truth'

By Bill Barrow And Seth Borenstein Jan. 16, 2021 04:49 PM EST

Family members of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 line up with empty oxygen tanks in an attempt to refill them, outside the Nitron da Amazonia company, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Doctors in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city are having to choose which COVID-19 patients can breathe amid dwindling oxygen stocks and an effort to airlift some of the infected to other states. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
The Latest: China reports a few new cases of COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jan. 16, 2021 04:01 AM EST

A health worker hugs her colleague during a break outside hospital in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Madrid has been the source of Europe’s most worrying surge of infections in the ongoing second wave of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Scientists to Spanish politicians: 'You rule but don't know'

By Aritz Parra Oct. 05, 2020 01:46 PM EDT

Tennessee doctors group: Reopening schools now 'insane'

By Travis Loller Jul. 16, 2020 02:33 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee doctors on Thursday warned that reopening schools while the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through the state is ...

FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, a scientist presents an antibody test to use with a blood sample for the coronavirus at a laboratory of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) at the InfectoGnostics research campus in Jena, Germany. While many laboratories and companies are now offering tests, there are still only two main types available. The nasal swab test tells you if you have an active viral infection right now. A separate blood test tells you if you were previously exposed to the virus and fought off the infection. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
2 types of testing look for COVID-19 infections new and old

By Matthew Perrone Apr. 20, 2020 06:37 PM EDT