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The immense potential benefits of biotechnology are profoundly vulnerable to misuse. Better screening of synthetic DNA orders is a key barrier to bad actors.

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Prices for farm-level eggs fell by 23.2 percent in March 2024 after increasing by 53.8 percent in February. As you know, the ...

The FDA made clear that the tests showed that the products didn’t contain a live virus that could make people sick. In their ...

The avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu, causes infection in birds and other animals. Hemagglutinin (H) and ...

Evidence from the Remains of 1918 Flu Pandemic Victims Contradicts Long-Held Belief That Healthy Young Adults Were Particularly Vulnerable Oct. 10, 2023 — New analysis of the remains of victims ...

Pigs are capable of harboring both human flu and bird flu, allowing the viruses to mix and match parts of their genetic ...

It’s also difficult to know how virulent the disease would be, though some experts suspect it could cause illness more severe ...

Managing diseases in livestock in a country the size of the U.S. is a huge challenge due to the frequent and extensive movement of animals across the nation. That means local animal disease problems ...

A dairy farm worker prepares cows for milking in Ontario, Canada, in July 2022. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Keren Landman, MD is a senior reporter covering public health ...

Back in 1916 a bird flu started killing birds around the world. In 1918 it hit U.S. Army Camp Funston in Kansas, as birds carrying the bird flu virus either infected farm animals in a nearby farming ...