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Pier Paolo Pandolfi left Harvard University last year following allegations of sexual harassment, and has since been accused of research misconduct.

Some in-person instruction will be required to maintain a student visa, and universities must tell the US government of their plans to open by July 15.

Scientists are lending their expertise—whatever it may be—to help develop tests, medical devices, and other tools to try to save lives during the pandemic.

In just a few months, researchers have constructed low-cost ventilators that can keep sedated pigs alive. Getting them to work safely and reliably in people is the next challenge.

An open letter points to outbreaks that cannot be explained by large droplets and contact with surfaces alone.

Onsite testing at wastewater treatment plants could aid efforts to monitor for outbreaks of COVID-19 around the world, but such technologies are in the early stages of development.

A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.

Born of researchers’ frustration with not being able to contribute during the pandemic, Crowdfight COVID-19 has matched hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 projects with people who can help.

Social distancing measures prevented millions of COVID-19–related deaths around the world, according to a handful of studies, but it’s hard to quantify the effects with certainty.

A small subset of uninfected people also had SARS-CoV-2-fighting T cells, a finding that scientists are still trying to figure out.

The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden is still assessing the damage from a June 15 fire.

Vaccine experts divided on whether that level of protection is too low or too demanding.