NEIDL Director: Here’s Why You Can Feel Safe About Our Research
Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases ...
Tag: BSL-4
Duke University Develops Portable Diagnostic to Detect Early Biomarkers of Ebola Virus
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Duke University has developed a highly sensitive and rapid diagnostic test for Ebola virus ...
VIDO Gains Support Towards Becoming Canadian Centre for Pandemic Research
The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $15 million to support the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s ...
Critical Bioeconomy Asset in Need of Attention: BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories in the U.S.
An essential element in the critical national infrastructure required to safely and securely address the threat of emerging infectious diseases ...
CDC Approves Partial Resumption of USAMRIID Select Agent Research
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) will resume limited research, following a successful recent inspection by ...
Biosafety Levels in Laboratories – What is the Difference?
In July 2019, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) ceased research operations after failing to ...
Explosion Confirmed at Russian Lab Storing Smallpox, Ebola
One worker was hospitalized after a gas explosion on Sep. 16 caused a fire to break out at the Russian ...
Research Halted at USAMRIID Over Biosafety Issues
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), the only Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in the Department of ...
CDC to Build New BSL-4 High-Containment Continuity Laboratory (HCCL)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operates high-containment laboratories (HCLs) to study some of the most virulent threats ...
In Vitro Affinity-Based Diagnostic System for Diseases Resulting from CBRN Exposure
The Medical Countermeasure Systems - Joint Product Lead for Diagnostics (MCS-DX) is conducting research to inform future investments in diagnostics ...
NBAF to Realign from Homeland Security to USDA
The President’s FY 2019 budget request calls for transitioning ownership and responsibility for operating the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility ...
