The anthrax-laced letters mailed in the fall of 2001 infected twenty-three people and killed five—a toll that only hinted at the damage bioterrorism could cause. In a 2001 government exercise called ...
Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in ...
Multiple controlled experiments and expert tests have shown that leading AI chatbots can provide detailed, actionable instructions for creating and deploying biological weapons. Researchers documented ...
The FBI says government scientist Bruce Ivins acted alone in 2001 when he sent letters containing anthrax in the mail, killing five people and sickening 17 others. Ivins killed himself in 2008 as the ...
Certifying that a building is safe for reoccupation is a complex process that involves decision making on several factors, including sampling procedures and decontamination methods. The process must ...
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBS) today announced the results of a new survey 1 of approximately 250 U.S. policy opinion leaders showing that nearly ...
"The prospect of non-State actors, including terrorist groups and their supporters, gaining access to and using weapons and materials of mass destruction is a serious threat to international peace and ...
The Biden administration left the United States underprepared for biological weapon attacks. The United States will host three of the world’s most consequential global events over the next two ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...