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An Anopheles-arabiensis mosquito, a known vector for the transmission of malaria, obtains a blood meal through its labrum. (CDC / James Gathany)

Egypt is finally free of an “ancient scourge”: malaria

By Erik English | Biosecurity

Mpox virus illustration.

A new mpox variant is taking off in Africa. The WHO plan for stopping it isn’t realistic.

By Georgios Pappas | Biosecurity

The WHO headquarters.

WHO member states are negotiating a pandemic treaty. But will countries follow the new rules?

By Elliot Hannon, Nina Schwalbe , Susanna Lehtimaki  | Biosecurity

WHO headquarters

Six paths forward to a “pandemic treaty”

By Daniel Gerstein | Biosecurity, Opinion

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus arrive by car at the Wuhan Institute of Virology on February 3. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?

By Nicholas Wade | Biosecurity, Investigative Reporting

The Wuhan Institute of Virology.

WHO: COVID-19 didn’t leak from a lab. Also WHO: Maybe it did

By Filippa Lentzos | Disruptive Technologies

A drive-thru coronavirus testing site.

What a MERS outbreak taught South Korea, why kids draw the coronavirus, and more: The best disruptive tech stories of 2020

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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

The Russian government-funded TV network’s hyperbolic campaign against US 5G

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading