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A nurse.

Merck’s COVID drug may be creating transmissible mutated viruses

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Gain-of-function pathogen research is controversial and widespread. Can it be regulated?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Congressional staffers created antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And that’s a good thing

By Allison Berke, Jassi Pannu | Biosecurity

A mural in Ukraine.

Conducting public health workshops in Ukraine—under threat of missile attack

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Rabid anti-vaxxers could help spread deadly disease

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity

Fruit bats.

The US government cancels DEEP VZN, a controversial virus-hunting program

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

The CDC.

Public health position available: Low pay. Promise of burnout and harassment. Master’s preferred.

By Kimberly Ma | Biosecurity

An early gene synthesis machine.

Biotech promises miracles. But the risks call for more oversight

By David Gillum, George Poste, Craig Woods, Rachel Levinson | Biosecurity

Building information resilience to reinforce arms control

By Kate Zander, Mayra Ameneiros, Ance Baura, Tomáš A. Nagy | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Sudan’s conflict escalates, endangering millions

By Erik English | Biosecurity, Climate Change

Catapulting corpses? A famous case of medieval biological warfare probably never happened

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

How vaccine “truthers” infect our minds

By Erik English | Biosecurity