In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research on coronaviruses and other harmful pathogens has increased in laboratories across the world — and not just any labs. Work of this sort often requires ...

Three of the labs had between 13 and 15 of the measures in place. But the two inadequate labs used just three or four of the security measures, lacking features such as good live camera monitoring and ...

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Amid the discovery of a suspected Las Vegas bio lab and concerns about the government’s inability to track dangerous ...

Researchers have used off-the-shelf components to create a sensor device that is not only cost-effective but can quickly detect 32 different pathogens and has sensitivities on par with the ...

A high-security pathogen lab in Galveston, Texas, survived the hurricane that hit the region last month, but is now the focus of safety concerns plaguing biosafety research of late. Galveston is an ...

Two days before the Environmental Protection Agency was scheduled to further distinguish the Trump administration from its predecessor by phasing out animal testing over criticisms of pointless ...

When a high containment laboratory handling lethal pathogens stumbles, even briefly, it exposes how much of the country’s safety rests on procedures most people never see. The recent scrutiny of a U.S ...