This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe failure by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to quickly produce a test kit for detecting the novel coronavirus was triggered by a glaring scientific breakdown at the CDC’s central laboratory complex in Atlanta, according to scientists with knowledge of the matter and a determination by federal regulators.The CDC facilities that assembled the kits violated sound manufacturing practices, resulting in contamination of one of the three test components used in the highly sensitive detection process, the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe failure by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to quickly produce a test kit for detecting the novel coronavirus was triggered by a glaring scientific breakdown at the CDC’s central laboratory complex in Atlanta, according to scientists with knowledge of the matter and a determination by federal regulators.The CDC facilities that assembled the kits violated sound manufacturing practices, resulting in contamination of one of the three test components used in the highly sensitive detection process, the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareHenry “Enrique” Tarrio had already publicized his plans to participate in the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally. The 36-year-old Miami resident and national chairman of the Proud Boys posted on social media that he would direct small teams of his far-right group with a history of violence to wear black and fan out across Washington.But when he arrived in D.C. on Jan. 4 ahead of the scheduled demonstrations, he said, “15 cop cars” swarmed his Honda Crosstour soon after he passed through the Third Street Tunnel. Tarrio was wanted on a...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareHenry “Enrique” Tarrio had already publicized his plans to participate in the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally. The 36-year-old Miami resident and national chairman of the Proud Boys posted on social media that he would direct small teams of his far-right group with a history of violence to wear black and fan out across Washington.But when he arrived in D.C. on Jan. 4 ahead of the scheduled demonstrations, he said, “15 cop cars” swarmed his Honda Crosstour soon after he passed through the Third Street Tunnel. Tarrio was wanted on a...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCorrection: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Susan Gerber, the respiratory viruses supervisory branch chief at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was one of the CDC scientists removed or shifted to another position in the spring. Gerber had no supervisory role over the test development from mid-January and later accepted another position at CDC through a competitive process. This story has been corrected.A new virus was exploding in Wuhan, a Chinese city with 11 million people...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCorrection: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Susan Gerber, the respiratory viruses supervisory branch chief at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was one of the CDC scientists removed or shifted to another position in the spring. Gerber had no supervisory role over the test development from mid-January and later accepted another position at CDC through a competitive process. This story has been corrected.A new virus was exploding in Wuhan, a Chinese city with 11 million people...WW…