Alarmed by new pathogens, we’re building more labs to study them. Can we do so without raising the likelihood of a catastrophic breach?

Two “gain of function” projects halted more than 4 years ago have passed new U.S. review process

Lab-made coronavirus related to SARS can infect human cells.

Investigation reveals hundreds of accidents, safety violations and near misses put people at risk

Since the 2001 anthrax letter attacks that killed five people and raised the specter of bioterrorism in the United States, the number of high-level biosafety labs operated by governments, universities and others to study potentially lethal pathogens ha...

In letters to the journals Science and Nature (1, 2), twenty-two virologists notified the research community of their interest in expanding research to develop strains of the already deadly H7N9 Asian influenza virus that would be transmissible via aer...

Recent lab safety lapses continue to reverberate this week, with journal editors calling for fuller reporting of mishaps and for suspension of all research at the highest-containment labs, while the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) said it wants...

Anthrax exposure at 2 CDC research labs has sparked calls for a new national authority to oversee the safety and management of biocontainment labs, as well as recommendations that many be closed.

Scientists call for stricter biosafety measures for dangerous avian-influenza variants.

DHS' proposed relocation of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center is one focus of a U.S. House subcommittee's investigation and hearings.

U.S. Plans to Spend $1 Billion