Inside STAT: Covid-19 has shuttered labs. It could put a generation of researchers at risk

Among the scores of disruptions brought on by Covid-19 are the unprecedented shuttering of scientific labs around the world. Scientists are having to contend with losing data from months- or even years-long experiments and uncertainty over when they will be able to resume their work. Early-career scientists, whose moving up in the world of academia depends on quickly gathering data to publish in prestigious journals, are being hit particularly hard. Without additional support — in the form of pausing tenure clocks or more funding — these up-and-coming researchers worry that the delays caused by Covid-19 may be too big to overcome. STAT contributor Justin Chen has more on some of these researchers' stories here.