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A work stoppage at a Fort Detrick lab — prompted earlier this year by a hole in a hazmat suit — was lifted in late October and research is expected to resume in the coming months, according to the ...

The Army said Monday it has suspended much of the research at its flagship biological weapons defense laboratory at Fort Detrick while it makes sure it has accounted for all of its dangerous germs and ...

WASHINGTON — Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services Department ordered a pause on all research activities at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research ...

In a sealed greenhouse on the edge of Fort Detrick's sprawling campus in Frederick, scientists in hospital scrubs check rows of soybean sprouts, working to counter a threat that, if left unchecked, ...

The Department of Homeland Security dedicated a massive biodefense laboratory in Frederick yesterday, moving toward the facility's opening despite questions raised about the risks of deadly pathogens ...

Maryland’s two U.S. senators urged the Army on Friday to strengthen its safety planning for a biodefense animal laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick after a National Academy of Sciences panel found ...

In the spirit of interagency collaboration and promoting synergy in science and research excellence, Navy, Army and other federal agency representatives and guests gathered, May 2, at Fort Detrick, Md ...