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Kim Jong-un

North Korea claims to have defeated COVID. Experts wonder what’s really going on

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A photo of mist coming from Aum Shinrikyo's headquarters in June 1993.

Why COVID probably hasn’t helped bioterrorists, despite fears

By Gary A. Ackerman, Zachary Kallenborn, Philipp C. Bleek | Biosecurity

Pigs.

Frankenswine? No, but research on “zombie pigs” raises life-or-death ethics questions

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A monkeypox protest

Is the US slow-walking toward a monkeypox disaster?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

US Capitol.

If 167 hearings didn’t prepare Congress for the COVID pandemic, what will?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

President Biden holds a meeting.

Everyman Joe Biden catches COVID, just like everybody else

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Representatives to the Biological Weapons Convention meet.

As bioweapons negotiators prepare to meet amid a pandemic and torrents of disinformation, can they accomplish anything?

By Yong-Bee Lim | Biosecurity

A research lab in Kyiv.

Russia finds another stage for the Ukraine “biolabs” disinformation show

By Filippa Lentzos, Jez Littlewood | Biosecurity

As monkeypox spreads: 5 questions answered

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previews the alliance’s upcoming Madrid Summit with POLITICO journalist Lili Bayer. Photo credit: NATO

Weapons of mass destruction: What will be new in the 2022 NATO strategic concept?

By Rose Gottemoeller | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

An illustration by Erik English.

Gain-of-function research can’t deliver pandemic predictions. Are there alternatives?

By Simon Wain-Hobson | Biosecurity

A vampire bat colony.

As self-spreading vaccine technology moves forward, dialogue on its risks should follow

By Jonas Sandbrink | Biosecurity, Opinion