Global Biodefense

A years-long outbreak has reshaped what public health officials know about monkeypox virus (MPXV) vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for healthcare providers on [...]

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The history of transformative biology is also a history of governance arriving late: recombinant DNA, CRISPR, synthetic cells each provoked alarm before eventually settling into workable regulation. Now a more [...]

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This week’s selections include the IAEA’s warning that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant could face a station blackout within days without restored power. They also include new case counts showing [...]

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When a sitting president signs an executive order directing federal agencies to revisit childhood vaccine recommendations, the policy debate that follows is legitimate. The flood of medical misinformation that accompanies [...]

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A formal determination of military emergency signed this summer has set in motion a federal process that could fast-track new pain medications for U.S. troops wounded in combat or attacks [...]

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