Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions The Guardian - UK · Aug 6
When is it OK to make germs worse in a lab? It's a more relevant question than ever Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded. WEKU · Jan 27, 2023
The challenges of calculating a lab leak The odds of a dangerous pathogen escaping a lab are uncertain, and have implications for COVID-19 and more Salon · Jun 5, 2022
COVID could be surging in the US right now and we might not even know it The rise of COVID cases in some regions of the U.S., just as testing efforts wane, has raised the specter that the next major wave of the virus may be difficult to detect. In fact, the country could be in the midst of a surge right now and we might… Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2022