Biosecurity

A coronavirus testing site

Why the United States needs a new pandemic-fighting federal agency

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity

A duck receives a vaccine.

The pandemic risk of an accidental lab leak of enhanced flu virus: unacceptably high

By Lynn C. Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity

President Donald Trump at a press conference.

Hear, see, speak no COVID: Why the Trump administration is bungling the response to the pandemic

By Saskia Popescu, Gregory D. Koblentz | Biosecurity

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 in yellow.

Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus arise from a bat coronavirus research program in a Chinese laboratory? Very possibly.

By Milton Leitenberg | Biosecurity

Passengers wait for the train with masks on.

Iran’s coronavirus response: A lesson in what not to do

By Vahid Yücesoy | Biosecurity

Viral apocalypse

Apocalypse never: what coronavirus teaches us about doomsday denial

By Jamais Cascio | Biosecurity, Science Denial

Maryland national guard stockpile

How to reduce both nuclear and pandemic threats after COVID-19

By James E. Doyle | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference.

Will the WHO call for an international investigation into the coronavirus’s origins?

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

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The postponement of the NPT review conference. Antagonisms, conflicts and nuclear risks after the pandemic

By Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons, Presentation

National Guard troops work at a COVID-19 testing facility.

When to reopen the economy during the coronavirus pandemic? South Korea’s got a plan and the numbers to back it up

By HyunJung Kim | Biosecurity

The climate change evidence right before our eyes. And a note on COVID-19

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity, Climate Change

A scientist works at a biosafety level 4 lab.

Natural spillover or research lab leak? Why a credible investigation is needed to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity