A federal panel has recommended that researchers who work with the world's deadliest pathogens undergo more frequent security screening. The Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States also suggested random drug tests and closer monitoring of the physical and mental health of those with access to dangerous pathogens. And it recommended tighter scrutiny of foreign nationals ...

A panel of university and private-sector scientists urged Congress on Thursday not to overregulate laboratories that handle the world's deadliest pathogens, saying it could have a chilling effect on research of biological threats. The 161-page report by a National Research Council committee says the best protections ...

A $680 million laboratory building under construction at Fort Detrick will likely be safer than the decades-old complex it will replace, an Army biodefense official told a scientific review panel Tuesday. But a citizens group critical of the expansion told the National Academy of Sciences ...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2009. There are 147 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths in the first use of a nuclear weapon in ...