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Trump visits the CDC

Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists, Disruptive Technologies

Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

Alex Azar is busy, and 4 other things I learned from watching Trump talk about the coronavirus outbreak

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Men at a seafood stall in Wuhan, China.

Coronavirus or antibiotic resistance: Our appetite for animals (wild and domestic) poses big disease risks

By Laura H. Kahn | Analysis, Biosecurity

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Discussion: What you need to know about the Coronavirus

By | Biosecurity, Multimedia

Ambulances wait outside an emergency room.

If the coronavirus outbreak grows, can a strained US health care system keep up?

By Saskia Popescu | Biosecurity

Health and Human Services Sec. Alex Azar at a press briefing.

The coronavirus outbreak: 3 ways the United States was (and is) unprepared

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

The building housing smallpox-causing virus at the VECTOR research center.

What happened after an explosion at a Russian disease research lab called VECTOR?

By Filippa Lentzos | Analysis, Biosecurity

Soldier donning a gas mask.

The Biological Weapons Convention protocol should be revisited

By Lynn C. Klotz | Biosecurity, Opinion

A heard of cows walks in the country.

How human and animal excrement harm the planet’s ecosystem

By Laura H. Kahn | Analysis, Biosecurity

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a white blood cell eating an antibiotic resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly known as MRSA. Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

The existential threat of antimicrobial resistance

By Saskia Popescu | Biosecurity, Doomsday Clock, Technology and Security

Smallpox virus virions. Credit: Fred Murphy / Sylvia Whitfield / CDC.

An explosion rocked a Russian research facility known for housing the smallpox virus

By Matt Field | Biosecurity, What We’re Reading

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Is there a role for the Biological Weapons Convention in oversight of lab-created potential pandemic pathogens?

By Lynn C. Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies