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Federal scientist Richard Bright is seen during a 2018 congressional hearing Toya Sarno Jordan/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Toya Sarno Jordan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal scientist Richard Bright is seen during a 2018 congressional hearing Toya Sarno Jordan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Richard Bright, a career government scientist-turned whistleblower, will tell a congressional…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A British scientist who worked with the government on its coronavirus response resigned from his advisory role Tuesday after a media report said he defied lockdown measures by letting a woman visit him on two occasions.Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial…

The Rutgers University scientist who oversaw the development of a saliva test to detect coronavirus said he believes this new way to collect patient samples could serve as a bridge to widespread national testing -- modeled off the kits used by familiar commercial genealogical brands like Ancestry.com and 23 and Me. "It opens up a…