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A controversial California biolab was shut down and an investigation began after cultures of HIV, COVID-19 and more were discovered amid concerns of Chinese ties.

(1st UPDATE) AVAC Vietnam and its Philippine partner insist the vaccine is safe with a 95% rate of success in Vietnam in providing pigs immunity from African Swine Fever

A new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases aimed to detect and isolate B. thailandensis from water and soil samples collected from Puerto Rico between December 2018 and March 2020 as well as Texas between November 2019 to November 2020.

COVID-19 has polarized conversations about lab safety.

Concerns about avian influenza spreading from wild birds to domesticated birds has farm owners on edge.In some cases, it’s high stakes; whether it’s a sanctuary farm that wants to protect its resident fowl from a state-enforced culling and the...

ARS Office of Communications Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) in Orient Point, N.Y., have made two important advancements against African swine fever virus (ASFV), which causes a lethal disease in pigs. Last year, the research team developed several vaccine candidates by deleting genes to attenuate (weaken) the virus. They used a technique called “gene editing” in which DNA can be directly inserted, deleted, modified, or replaced in t...