A report released last week by the GAO offered a scathing critique of security at two of the labs in the US that handle the world's most dangerous diseases and pathogens, such as the Ebola virus and hemorrhagic fever. Because of the particularly toxic nature of the disease-causing agents studied at these labs, known as biosafety level (BSL) 4 labs, they are held to a higher level of security, or they are supposed to... |
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