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The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug

ScienceInsider | Oct. 27, 2020

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‘Another piece of populist propaganda’: Critics slam the Brazilian government’s new COVID-19 drug

ScienceInsider | Oct. 28, 2020

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‘Every minute counts.’ This immunologist rapidly reshaped her lab to tackle COVID-19

ScienceInsider | Oct. 27, 2020

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Dogs and cats became family—and got their shot at heaven—after World War II, gravestones reveal

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India's COVID-19 cases have declined rapidly—but herd immunity is still far away, scientists say

By Vaishnavi ChandrashekharOct. 29, 2020
The universe teems with weird black holes, gravitational-wave hunters find

By Adrian ChoOct. 28, 2020
Controlling monkey brains with light could get easier thanks to open data project

By Kelly ServickOct. 28, 2020
Antibody-producing yeast vanquishes deadly gut infection in mice

By Jocelyn KaiserOct. 28, 2020
‘Another piece of populist propaganda’: Critics slam the Brazilian government’s new COVID-19 drug

By Herton EscobarOct. 28, 2020
Delete offensive language? Change recommendations? Some editors say it’s OK to alter peer reviews

By Cathleen O’GradyOct. 28, 2020
The ‘very, very bad look’ of remdesivir, the first FDA-approved COVID-19 drug

By Jon Cohen, Kai KupferschmidtOct. 27, 2020
Eye size predicts where birds breed and feed

By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 27, 2020
‘Every minute counts.’ This immunologist rapidly reshaped her lab to tackle COVID-19

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelOct. 27, 2020

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Vol 370, Issue 6515
23 October 2020

In Brief

News at a glance

In Depth

Global trial eliminates drugs, pivots to new ones

By Kai KupferschmidtOct. 23, 2020
First vaccine may stymie hunt for better ones

By Jon CohenOct. 23, 2020
Nature journals ink open-access deal

By Jeffrey BrainardOct. 23, 2020
Census needs review, panel says

By Jeffrey MervisOct. 23, 2020
In new strategy, Wellcome Trust takes on global health concerns

By Kai KupferschmidtOct. 23, 2020
Troubles escalate at Ecuador's young research university

By Lindzi Wessel, Rodrigo Pérez OrtegaOct. 23, 2020

Features

Undermining CDC

By Charles PillerOct. 23, 2020
How CDC foundered

By Charles PillerOct. 23, 2020

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By Michael PriceOct. 21, 2020
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By Elizabeth PennisiOct. 21, 2020
This primate is on the brink of extinction. Rope bridges could save it

By Lucy HicksOct. 15, 2020
New species of water bear uses fluorescent ‘shield’ to survive lethal UV radiation

By Lakshmi SupriyaOct. 13, 2020
How systemic racism shaped the ecosystems of U.S. cities

By Meagan CantwellOct. 9, 2020

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