A building at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where Trevor Bedford's lab is housed is pictured, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Seattle. Bedford's lab worked with University of California, San Francisco, researchers to find links between a cluster of cases in the Seattle area and the coronavirus outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship in California. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
March 11, 2020
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March 11, 2020 8:19 p.m.
Scientist links 2 state outbreaks with genetic fingerprints
SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. scientist is helping public health authorities understand and track the coronavirus, turning up clues about how it arrived and spread through Washington state and beyond, including potentially seeding an outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship.