CDC requests funds to build new maximum-security laboratory

(By Helen Branswell for STAT)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking Congress for money for a new building to house the laboratories that work on the deadliest pathogens known to humankind. The existing building, which went into service in 2005, will need to be replaced by 2023 or so to avoid major disruptions in the work, senior agency staff told STAT. Continue reading article here…

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