Florida Politics reports on a proposed bill there that would require informed and written consent for collecting DNA or disclosing results of genetic analyses.
After finding rare genetic variants that could have contributed to her children's death, a petition calls for the pardon and release of Kathleen Folbigg, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Rick Bright, who led the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is to help prevent future pandemics at the Rockefeller Foundation, Science reports.
In PLOS this week: loci linked to protection against tuberculosis, identification of loci associated with increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the aerodigestive tract, and more.
In a letter, about two dozen researchers criticize the World Health Organization investigation into the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and call for a new inquiry, the Wall Street Journal reports.