Scientific research funding
Georgia State looks to boost vaccine rate among refugees

Jun. 26, 2021 11:09 AM EDT
CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Researchers at Georgia State University will use a $500,000 grant to try to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among refugees and other...

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., rush to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate eyes R&D bill to counter China, bolster manufacturing

By Lisa Mascaro May. 27, 2021 06:54 PM EDT

WVU receives grant to study pandemic-era tutoring

Mar. 08, 2021 04:15 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University will get a $307,000 grant to study best practices for online tutoring in science, technology, engineering and...

FILE - Tyler Perry poses at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta on Oct. 5, 2019. Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund are being honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday. Perry and the MPTF will receive their Oscar statuettes at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Invision/AP, File)
Tyler Perry and MPTF to get humanitarian award at Oscars

By Lindsey Bahr Jan. 14, 2021 02:00 PM EST

FILE - In this May 23, 2020, file photo Elizabeth Santoro, a medic with the Minnesota Air National Guard 133rd Medical Group, administers a free COVID-19 test at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis. Since the pandemic began, Congress has set aside trillions of dollars to ease the crisis. A joint KHN and Associated Press investigation finds that many communities with big outbreaks have spent little of that federal money on local public health departments for work such as testing and contact tracing. Others, like Minnesota, were slow to do so. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health

By Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber, Hannah Recht And Laura Ungar Aug. 17, 2020 12:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020 file photo, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Robert Kadlec testifies before a Senate Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the coronavirus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Concerns from federal scientists about the proposal of Pepcid to treat COVID-19 were ignored, according to government records and a complaint from Rick Bright, former director of the government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. Kadlec oversees the agency, and wanted the Pepcid contract approved. Fast. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Pepcid as a virus remedy? Trump admin's $21M gamble fizzled

By Richard Lardner And Jason Dearen Jul. 23, 2020 01:15 PM EDT