Biosafety proponents maintain that regardless of what caused the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China in 2019, the fact that a lab accident could spark a pandemic is reason alone for better oversight.

Moritz, the former University of Wisconsin–Madison biosafety staffer, contended that NIH’s response to the 2013 accidents was overblown and driven by the gain-of-function controversy.

The goal was to identify unknown viruses that might someday threaten humans. But doubts about the safety of the research began to simmer after the virus hunters were repeatedly bitten by bats and ...

China on Friday confirmed it had ordered unauthorised laboratories to destroy samples of the new coronavirus in the early stage of the outbreak, but said it was done for biosafety reasons. US ...

One by one, the animals were put into a biosafety cabinet, where a solution was washed into their nostrils. It’s a procedure used to collect evidence of infection, and this particular experiment ...

Behind closed doors, the NIH studies dangerous diseases of all varieties, preparing to stop the next outbreak before it begins. PM got an early inside look at American's newest infectious disease lab.

And if you’re attempting to culture a virus, you’re going to have novel strains being dropped onto culture cells,” Baric says. “Some will grow. You could get recombinants that are unique.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology, founded in the 1950s, is a prominent research facility that enjoyed an even more elevated profile after it opened the BSL-4 lab in 2015. These days, scientists at ...

David Morens, former senior adviser to NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, shared “confidential” communications with EcoHealth Alliance about how the agency was preparing to respond to accusations ...

Scientists are tracing where the COVID-19 pandemic came from—and predicting where it will go next. Here's an inside look at their work.