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COVID-19

Nurse cares for patient.

US government expected to reveal its COVID-19 origins intelligence. Finally.

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Big hairy armadillos and COVID: A warning from the animal kingdom about our pandemic future

By Georgios Pappas | Biosecurity

A hospital ship.

The COVID public health emergency ends today. Is the country prepared for another pandemic?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A memorial to COVID-19 victims.

Who will vaccinate people during the next pandemic? The US public health sector is falling behind

By Kimberly Ma | Biosecurity

A biosafety level 4 lab.

The Bulletin brings top researchers to Geneva to talk biosecurity and pathogen research

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A US national labs researcher studying viruses.

How to tell biodefense from an offensive bioweapons program

By Dan Regan, Rhys Dubin | Biosecurity

An anthrax-laced letter.

The Biden administration overestimates radiological terrorism risks and underplays biothreats

By Zachary Kallenborn | Biosecurity

The real horrors of ‘The Last of Us’ may already be here

By Erik English | Biosecurity

A House hearing on the origins of COVID.

A House subcommittee investigating COVID-19’s origins hears from a former CDC head and other prominent witnesses

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A covid test.

How to minimize COVID’s impacts once the federal emergency “ends”

By Lynn Klotz, Jonas Sandbrink | Biosecurity

The smallpox virus.

Private-sector research could pose a pandemic risk. Here’s what to do about it

By Gerald L. Epstein | Biosecurity

Peter Hotez at his desk in a white physician coat

Viral spread: Peter Hotez on the increase of anti-science aggression on social media

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies