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Get up to speed on the rapidly evolving world of AI with our roundup of the weeks developments.

New York Times: A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman discovered a way to edit mRNA so it could be used in vaccines without getting attacked and destroyed by the body

And the latest on debt limit negotiations.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, whose recent bout with shingles included contracting encephalitis, is frailer than ever. But she remains unwilling to entertain discussions about leaving the Senate.

Under pressure from their government, Chinese scientists have withheld data, withdrawn genetic sequences from public databases and altered crucial details in journal submissions.

New York Times: Under govt pressure, Chinese scientists have withheld or deleted data.

Andrew Hoffman, the 13th dean of Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine, joins with Louise H. Moncla, an assistant professor of pathobiology at Penn Vet, to discuss the factors that drive animal-to-human transmission of diseases and how to prevent them. Benjamin Mueller, a health reporter for the New York Times, will moderate.

A lab leak once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory is gaining traction, even as evidence of alternative sources grows.

A group of scientists who have long pushed the theory that COVID-19 may have emerged from a Wuhan, China, wet market has now pushed fresh claims involving raccoon dogs that