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Galveston National Laboratory.

Despite risk-management gaps, countries press ahead with new labs that study deadly pathogens

By Matt Field | 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

Hot zone in the heartland?

By Elisabeth Eaves | Biosecurity, Investigative Reporting