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Some scientists worry the possibility the novel coronavirus escaped from research facilities hasn’t gotten enough scrutiny. Others say it appears far more likely to have emerged naturally. (Image credit: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

The drugmaker didn’t say how many doses were lost, and it wasn’t clear how the problem would impact future deliveries. (Image credit: Mary Altaffer/AP)

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General Accounting Office finds USAID failed to properly check secondary recipients of funds it provided

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Russia has begun mobilizing troops along its border with Ukraine, throwing a fresh challenge at the Biden administration and threatening to upend a cease fire between Ukraine and pro-Russian fighters.

The Biden administration on Wednesday set in motion its next big campaign in congress: A $2 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild roads, bridges, power grids and other projects. The rollout came during President Joe Biden’s visit to Pittsburgh today, and

A manufacturing error at a plant involved in COVID-19 vaccine production affected 15 million doses worth of an ingredient for Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, according to two sources familiar with the matter, but the company downplayed the situation and said