Dec. 21—Animal welfare activists suspect that a medical research laboratory in Frederick may have received poached endangered monkeys from a recently unveiled international primate smuggling ring.

Fort Detrick houses some of the nation’s top biosafety level laboratories for medical research. In order to protect the Fort Detrick and Frederick communities, and the water quality of the Monocacy ...

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 ...

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, ...

FREDERICK — Cutting-edge technology is matched by high-tech security at a newly renovated Army biodefense laboratory, officials said Wednesday during a tour of the research suite at Fort Detrick.

The committee responsible for providing feedback on containment labs at Fort Detrick has concerns about the transparency of information the Army base provides to the committee. The Containment ...

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 ...

Apr. 27—Recent reporting in a book released this week alleges a significant lapse in regulatory oversight surrounding a 2018 wastewater spill at Fort Detrick, and a lack of transparency in verifying ...

July 19 (UPI) --China rejected a proposal from the World Health Organization for a new audit of Chinese laboratories previously linked to the earliest outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. Beijing also ...

Spores of the anthrax bacterium have been discovered in two areas of an Army research building at Fort Detrick, Md., and an Army scientist involved in research there has tested positive for exposure ...