As US teachers discover more and more legacy chemicals in schools, funding for cleanup is hard to find. Educators, nonprofits ...

So far, the most serious accidents have occurred abroad, including the deaths of a Russian lab worker exposed to Ebola and a Chinese lab worker exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as ...

Re Judith Giordan’s remarks on trusting science in C&EN’s April 1, 2024, issue (page 33): A lot of trust derives from communicating in a manner that renders the subject understandable in the context ...

Inside the high-security Influenza Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two experienced scientists were pulling ferrets out of their HEPA-filtered cages on a Monday in December ...

This exclusive article is adapted from former USA TODAY investigative reporter Alison Young’s forthcoming book "Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk," which will be released ...

WASHINGTON — American laboratories handling the world's deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing as more labs ...

A science experiment gone wrong has sent two Georgia high school students to the hospital, school officials say. The incident happened on Thursday Dec. 7 at Marietta High School in Marietta, about 20 ...