Topic: Fort Detrick
Overzealous lab rules may stifle research efforts to protect against biological threatsA panel of university and private-sector scientists urged Congress on Wednesday not to overregulate laboratories that handle the world's deadliest pathogens, saying it could have a chilling effect on research of ...
Military cant account for everything it has in a leading biotoxin laboratory U.S. Army officials recently suspended all research at the germ warfare laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., because of a rash of problems that came to light last year.The FBI determined ...
The Army said Monday it has suspended much of the research at its flagship biological weapons defense laboratory at Fort Detrick while it makes sure it has accounted for all of its dangerous germs and poisons.The decision follows a review of inventory ...
Tighter background checks and improved security would help prevent a repeat of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, military officials said Thursday, while acknowledging there are no guarantees.It was five months ago that an Army biodefense lab scientist, Bruce E. Ivins, committed suicide ...
Now, Army officials and civilian contractors are considering expanding the rule to labs with pathogens that aren't quite as dangerous, but can still be deadly, such as anthrax, West Nile virus and tuberculosis.The security review stems from the FBI's announcement in July ...
Another frightening new government report is heightening fears about the safety of U.S. biodefense laboratories that study some of the world's deadliest germs. Intruders could easily break into two of the labs due to lax security.Now some lawmakers and members of a ...
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