A specialized lab at the University of Calgary is reopening to develop research into treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. The U of C's Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) lab, which is located in the Snyder ...

The lowest of the four biosafety levels and is suitable for work involving well-characterized agents not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans. These organisms pose minimal ...

BSL-2 is designed for work with agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment. These agents are associated with human diseases that are generally treatable or preventable. Agents ...

In Manhattan, Kan., the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), an animal disease research facility, has finished construction. Replacing the 68-year-old Plum Island Animal Disease Center, NBAF ...

While we can mathematically quantify the corresponding risk to laboratory workers, extending that risk assessment to the local and global community poses numerous challenges. First, we need a full ...

Tulane National Primate Research Center south of Covington. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (CHUCK COOK) At the Tulane National Primate Research Center near Covington, the most secure labs are ...

“How did it start?” is among the many questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. Answering it may help prevent future pandemics. The escape of SARS-CoV-2 from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, ...

Virologists read data on a container for viral samples at China's first level-four biosafety lab at the Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday. [Xiao Yuzhou/For China Daily] ...