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ViewUS news roundup: 20-26 March

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ViewOECD calls on regulators to cooperate on Covid-19

Call for international effort to ‘remove hurdles’ blocking delivery of medicines to fight pandemic

ViewUS News Roundup: 13-19 March

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewLeading laboratories scale back research to limit Covid-19 spread

NIH will bend rules on grant submissions as academics told to focus on writing proposals

ViewThe US of OA

Will a once-dominant superpower of open-access publishing reclaim its leadership role?

ViewHarvard Medical School to ramp down lab research over Covid-19

Researchers told to focus on ‘productive alternatives’, such as writing grant proposals

ViewUS institutions making isolated efforts to curb coronavirus

Laboratories and federal agencies using local and national advice to minimise transmission

ViewUS news roundup: 6-12 March

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

View$125m boost announced for Covid-19 drug development

Creation of Therapeutics Accelerator comes amid calls for more global spending on virus-related R&D

ViewUS universities step up coronavirus response

More teaching shifts online as Covid-19 cases continue to climb

ViewUS university moves teaching online due to coronavirus

University of Washington hopes to reopen for face-to-face lessons by the end of March

ViewUS news roundup: 28 February to 5 March

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewEPA tweaks controversial transparency proposal

Environment agency relaxes condition requiring public data for regulations, but expands scope of proposed rule

ViewPhysics meeting called off as Trump demands virus action

White House tries to spur vaccine development amid criticism of response

ViewUniversities brace for deepening coronavirus impact

As death toll rises, universities face huge financial losses from travel bans

ViewCovid-19 outbreak set for billions of federal dollars

Reactive requests come after White House reductions to epidemic preparedness

ViewUS news roundup: 21-27 February

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewWhite House science chief: US looking at post-Brexit R&D links

US policymakers are looking at transatlantic collaboration on emerging technologies and basic science

ViewUnited States strengthening scrutiny of foreign funding

Policymakers at AAAS annual meeting promise a ‘balanced’ approach that protects openness

ViewUS-China tensions ‘hampering coronavirus response’

But open science is helping to combat the spread of the virus, AAAS meeting hears

ViewUS news roundup: 14-20 February

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewHumanities bodies confident Congress will save funder

Bipartisan support in Congress expected to foil Trump’s latest attempt to axe federal humanities agency

ViewTrump tries to slash research funding again

President’s favoured technologies spared in plans to cut federal R&D spending in 2021 budget

ViewUS news roundup: 7-13 February

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewSolar Orbiter mission blasts off

Orbiter will study the sun, providing a first glimpse into its poles

ViewWHO holding virus research meeting and seeking $675m

Donations needed to help vulnerable countries, intergovernmental body says

ViewUS criticises proposed terms of Horizon Europe association

Pay-as-you-go, without reciprocity or programming input, is unattractive, official says

ViewSurvey finds US citizens hopeful about genetics research

Public optimistic about potential cures despite lack of understanding of the science

ViewUS news roundup: 31 January-6 February

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewUS dominance of global science ending, NSF indicates

China is gaining fast in areas it has not already caught up, annual report flags