Three of the labs had between 13 and 15 of the measures in place. But the two inadequate labs used just three or four of the security measures, lacking features such as good live camera monitoring and ...

The Government Accountability Office is calling on HHS to increase transparency in how it assesses and mitigates risk related to high-risk pathogen research. In a report released Feb. 19, the GAO said ...

When a high containment laboratory handling lethal pathogens stumbles, even briefly, it exposes how much of the country’s safety rests on procedures most people never see. The recent scrutiny of a U.S ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of ...

Researchers have used off-the-shelf components to create a sensor device that is not only cost-effective but can quickly detect 32 different pathogens and has sensitivities on par with the ...

In healthcare, pathology is like detective work. Pathologists meticulously examine tissues and cells to uncover the underlying causes of patients' health problems. With the global market for pathology ...