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After the fact: Another controversial virus study raises questions about US government oversight

By David Gillum, Kathleen M. Vogel | Biosecurity

Disease surveillance in birds.

Creating dangerous viruses in the lab is a bad way to guard against future pandemics

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity

A ferret.

The grave risk of lab-created potentially pandemic pathogens

By Lynn Klotz | Biosecurity

A bus carrying a team of experts from the World Health Organization departs an airport in Wuhan on Jan. 14, 2021, after arriving in the Chinese city to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. That investigation is widely seen as having been obstructed by Chinese authorities. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

How COVID-19’s origins were obscured, by the East and the West

By Nicholas Wade | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A duck receives a vaccine.

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

By Lynn Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity

A biohazard suit wearing researcher.

AI-controlled nuclear weapons, smallpox labs, and nuclear disinformation: The best of 2019 in disruptive tech coverage

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies