Genomics

An Impact Genome/AP-NORC poll finds 18% of Americans say they have only one person or no one they can rely on for personal support. Black and Hispanic Americans are especially likely to say so.

Poll: Millions in US struggle through life with few to trust

By Alexandra Olson Jun. 10, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2021, file photo, health workers and volunteers in personal protective suits wait to receive patients outside a COVID-19 hospital that was set up at a Sikh Gurdwara in New Delhi, India. The World Health Organization said Monday, May 10, that a worrisome variant was first detected in India may spread more easily. Scientists are still trying to figure out if it resulted in the terrifying surge of infections in the nation, and looking to see if this could this happen elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan, File )

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Krutika Pathi May. 12, 2021 12:06 AM EDT

Beyond vaccines, UNESCO wants more global science shared

May. 11, 2021 02:24 PM EDT

Rhode Island awarded $1.5 million to track virus mutations

Apr. 21, 2021 02:51 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in federal funding to expand efforts to track COVID-19 mutations, state officials...

West Virginia gets $1.88 million for virus detection

Apr. 20, 2021 04:22 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will receive $1.88 million from the federal stimulus to track the spread of new COVID-19 variants in the state. ...

FILE - In this March 25, 2021, file photo, diners eat in isolated dining rooms outside the Townhouse restaurant, in Birmingham, Mich. Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states, including Michigan — a situation that puts pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar And Zeke Miller Apr. 16, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

An Impact Genome/AP-NORC poll finds about 3 in 10 Americans living below the poverty line say their finances worsened in the last year. About as many in households over twice the poverty line are better off.

Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic

By Sarah Skidmore Sell Apr. 13, 2021 08:06 AM EDT

Off-ice officials pack up equipment after the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames NHL hockey game was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test result in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canucks say 25 players and coaches have tested positive

Apr. 07, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

Poeple wearing face masks and face shields to prevent the spread of the coronavirus buy food at the Munoz market in Quezon city, Philippines as they prepare for a stricter lockdown on Sunday March 28, 2021. The government will start stricter lockdown measures next week as the country struggles to control an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: Metro Manila, outlying provinces go on lockdown

By The Associated Press Mar. 28, 2021 06:11 AM EDT

A lab assistant points at a picture of a cluster of Covid-19 RNA molecules on a computer screen at the Wellcome Sanger Institute that is operated by Genome Research in Cambridge, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Cambridge University microbiologist Sharon Peacock understood that genomic sequencing would be crucial in tracking the coronavirus, controlling outbreaks and developing vaccines, so she began working with colleagues around the country to put together a plan when there were just 84 confirmed cases in the country. The initiative helped make Britain a world leader in rapidly analyzing the genetic material from large numbers of COVID-19 infections, generating more than 40% of the genomic sequences identified to date.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UK variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID

By Danica Kirka Mar. 28, 2021 02:25 AM EDT

COVID-19 variant identified in Brazil found in Maine

Mar. 26, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that a coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil has been...

Novavax trials highlight Maryland’s COVID-fighting complex

By Rachel Logan, Julia Arbutus And Pierce Panagakos Of Capital News Service Mar. 23, 2021 02:02 PM EDT
When Novavax Inc. received $1.6 billion last year from the federal government to speed up testing and production of a coronavirus vaccine, some observers were...