Not long after SARS-CoV-2 was first identified in December 2019 as the cause of an alarming cluster of severe pneumonia cases in central China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Coronavirus pandemic has prompted a global surge in laboratories that handle dangerous viruses — despite concerns Covid may have been the result of the risky experiments. More than 40 facilities ...

There are 59 biosafety level 4 labs (BSL-4) in the world, but only a few scored high on safety. A new report revealed only a quarter of countries with these labs have high biosecurity scores. The labs ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its evaluation of the security measures deployed at the nation’s five biosafety level (BSL) 4 laboratories. Two of the labs ...

On September 11, samples sent to Calicut Medical College for testing were confirmed as Nipah virus. But only on September 20, after 323 samples were tested for the virus, did ICMR permit Kerala to use ...

Some bacteria, viruses and toxins are deadly — natural threats to humans and the environment as well as potential bioweapons. To counter such hazards, laboratories that study these pathogens and ...

Before the pandemic, there was only a small group of researchers dedicated to studying coronaviruses. Now though, scientists around the world are turning their focus to the virus called SARS-CoV-2.

LUCKNOW: The state government has decided to set up three BSL III (biosafety level) labs in Noida, Greater Noida and Shahjahanpur soon. Besides,10 BSL II labs would be set up in medical colleges ...

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The government of India is working towards developing four virology regional biosafety labs BSL-3, and ICMR-NIV Pune will be steering the project and research ...

The city of Boston plans to toughen up laboratory safety protocols after revelations that three Boston University (BU) researchers were accidentally infected with a lethal strain of tularemia they ...