In Genome Biology this week: analysis of tuberculosis samples from the 1600s, tool to detect variants affecting RNA-binding protein activity, and more.
Genomic analysis indicates New Zealand's new coronavirus cases likely came from either Australia or the UK, but exactly how it got to the country is not clear.
A saliva-based test for COVID-19 that got help from the National Basketball Association has received Emergency Use Authorization, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A new analysis suggests warming, not the arrival of humans, led to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros thousands of years ago, the Economist reports.
Chinese health officials uncovered SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA on imported frozen food, but the New York Times reports catching COVID-19 that way would be unlikely.
The Washington Post writes that the approval in the US of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine will be up to Peter Marks, a career official at the Food and Drug Administration.
