The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have identified specific biological agents ...

Select Agents (SAs) are listed dangerous bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, natural variation and intentional genetic modification blur the boundaries of a Select Agent list based on names ...

WASHINGTON -- A DNA sequence-based system to better define when a pathogen or toxin is subject to Select Agent regulations could be developed, says a new report from the National Research Council, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has faced congressional hearings and secret government sanctions over its sloppy lab safety practices, is keeping secret large swaths of ...

WASHINGTON -- The most effective way to prevent the deliberate misuse of biological select agents and toxins (BSATs) -- agents housed in laboratories across the U.S. considered to potentially pose a ...

In response to high profile incidents at labs working with dangerous bioterror pathogens, White House science and security advisers on Thursday issued a series of ...

A laboratory operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is among the handful of facilities that have secretly had their permits suspended in recent ...

Despite a recent White House directive calling for greater public accountability and transparency about incidents at labs working with potential bioterror pathogens ...