The Wall Street Journal reports vaccine makers promise to not seek regulatory approval until there is evidence their SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are safe and effective.
CNBC reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told states to prepare to distribute a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by November, though it's unclear if one will be ready then.
According to CNN, 80 Nobel Prize laureates have endorsed Joe Biden for president, citing his "willingness to listen to experts" and "deep appreciation for using science to find solutions."
The New York Times reports the US plans to redirect funds it owes in dues to the World Health Organization to other health-related programs at the United Nations.
In Nature this week: holistic allele-specific tumor copy number heterogeneity (HATCHet) approach to infer allele- and clone-specific copy-number aberrations and whole-genome duplications, and more.
In Nucleic Acids Research this week: computational tool to uncover microbial traits from microbiome data, database of patient-derived xenograft from pediatric cancers, and more.
