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When the US Department of Agriculture announced late Sunday that it had publicly posted new data from its investigation into a bird flu outbreak in cattle, scientists eagerly searched a well-known platform used globally to share the genetic sequences of viruses.

When the US Department of Agriculture announced late Sunday that it had publicly posted new data from its investigation into a bird flu outbreak in cattle, scientists eagerly searched a well-known platform used globally to share the genetic sequences of viruses.

The Ministry of Health of Indonesia and GISAID Initiative, a leading data science initiative platform from Germany, announced the establishment of the GISAID ...

Journal report says researchers’ access was cut off in response to criticism, which Global Initiative for Sharing All Influenza Data has denied.

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The scenario echoes the pandemic’s early days when China was criticised for not releasing key genetic data on the virus until weeks after news of the new illness became public

No novel covid-19 variants have emerged in China, according to a global consortium thats tracking coronavirus mutations, potentially easing concerns that the countrys record wave of infections would give rise to new strains that could circulate around the world.

Team tracking mutations says all samples tested continue to be omicron