Progress toward a universal flu vaccine, social and behavioral interactions among astronauts, indoor air pollution, and racial bias within the criminal justice system will be discussed at the 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, the world’s largest general scientific conference.

Legislators also created a rapid response fund for emerging disease outbreaks while providing NIH, DARPA with funding increases.

This type of small-scale study could also be used to test candidate vaccines for other viruses, including the Zika virus, scientists say.