A 15-year-old student and teacher sustained burns when a fire erupted during a chemistry experiment at Brookline High School’s summer program on July 3. The incident highlights the need for laboratory ...

Dr. Inglesby, Ms. Cicero and Dr. Lipsitch are experts in pandemics and biosecurity. It’s been about a century since viruses were recognized as causing devastating human diseases. Since then, ...

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NEW HAVEN -- A Yale University student weeks before graduating was killed inside a school lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment, school officials said Wednesday. Michele ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — Two high school students were sent to the hospital after suffering chemical burns earlier this week, according to officials. According to Marietta City Schools, the incident happened ...

DENVER - Four students were taken to the hospital for treatment after a small fire erupted in a chemistry lab Monday morning. According to Denver Fire, the first call came in at 7:54 a.m. The fire was ...

In the fall of 2019, workers at a veterinary research center in the northwestern Chinese city of Lanzhou began to fall ill with a disease that caused fever, muscle aches, and other symptoms. Workers ...

* Bird flu and Ebola virus accidents raise biosecurity fears * European states urged to improve lab accident disclosure * Northern Europe reports most lab-acquired infections By Laura MacInnis and ...

Since 2019 when COVID-19 emerged in China, scientists worldwide have been trying to ascertain the origin of the virus. The two major theories are a natural spillover from bats to an animal source and ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Yale University student was killed in an accident at a campus chemistry laboratory, school officials said on Wednesday. Michele Dufault, a senior, died on Tuesday night "in what ...