anthrax

Only a few labs will earn funding for such “gain-of-function” research on SARS, MERS, and other deadly diseases.

A government report finds that laboratories in the U.S. that work with select agents such as Ebola and anthrax aren’t as secure as they should be.

After a string of breaches involving anthrax, Ebola, and bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reportedly replaced the director of its Division of Select Agents and Toxins.

Researchers tone down their highly publicized study that reported the presence of deadly pathogens on New York City subways.

A US Army lab shipped live spores of the deadly bacterium because of improper irradiation protocols, a Department of Defense review has found.

The Defense Department reports that live samples of the deadly bacterium may have been accidentally shipped to more than 50 labs in the U.S. and abroad.

A US Army facility may have inadvertently sent live anthrax spores to government and commercial labs in nine states, and to one US Air Force base abroad, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the latest development in trying to use Bacillus anthracis to kill cancer, researchers send “antibody mimics” inside tumor cells.

A high-security tuberculosis lab at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may return to transferring hazardous materials.

The former head of a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention biosecurity lab has left his post amidst safety retooling at government labs.

Flying dinos, genetic pacemakers, and dangerous microbes on the loose

Following recent high-profile safety lapses in government labs, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has placed a moratorium on movement of biological materials from BSL-3 and BSL-4 facilities.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes its first disciplinary action in the wake of the biosecurity oversight that potentially exposed 75 agency scientists to anthrax.

As many as 75 scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have come in contact with live Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that cause anthrax.

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A US government advisor warned officials of the dangers of antibiotic-resistant anthrax while profiting from antitoxin sales.

A presidential bioethics commission lays out the framework for testing the anthrax vaccine in children.

The release of infectious agents from the lab is not uncommon, but lab-acquired infections are rare.

Silk impregnated with bleach may provide a new way to fight the formidable spores of the anthrax bacterium.