Australian officials did report missing virus samples in 2024, but a later investigation found incomplete lab records were likely to blame.

A Merck vaccine research lab in the Philadelphia area was temporarily placed on lockdown Tuesday night after the discovery of "questionable" vials inside a freezer that were labeled "smallpox" and ...

Nearly 100 live samples of the deadly Hendra virus have been lost in a biosecurity bungle at a state-run Queensland laboratory. An investigation has been launched after it was revealed 323 virus ...

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Two vials containing the deadly hantavirus went missing in an Australian lab in 2024 as more than 300 vials vanished ...