Incidents causing potential exposures to pathogens occur frequently in the high security laboratories often known by their acronyms, BSL3 (Biosafety Level 3) and BSL4. Lab incidents that lead to ...

A mistake at the NYPD's drug laboratory went undetected from 2016 to 2021, The Post has learned. Getty Images/iStockphoto A coding error at the NYPD’s drug ...

A laboratory technician in Atlanta may have been exposed to the Ebola virus, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A small amount of material from an Ebola virus experiment that was ...

The Orange County Crime Lab produced inaccurate blood alcohol test results in 2,200 driving-under-the-influence cases filed by prosecutors this year — mistakes that could affect outcomes in dozens of ...

This type of routine evaluation is an important part of a safety program, because if we can understand the root causes of even minor lab errors, we can put measures in place to hopefully prevent ...

The Orange County Crime Lab has found more errors in its blood-alcohol testing and plans to request a state audit to review its procedures and case standards. The discovery comes a couple of weeks ...

FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver slammed journalists for a "massive error" in labeling the lab-leak discussion "misinformation" on Monday following the Energy Department's conclusion that the ...

Up to 70 percent of errors associated with lab results happen way before the tests are even analyzed, according to a report from ECRI Institute’s Patient Safety Organization. Getting a delayed ...

A city lawmaker on Friday said a coding error at the NYPD’s police lab that went unchecked for nearly five years warrants an investigation — as the largest ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A laboratory error incorrectly caused a recall announcement for a brand of salad greens, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human ...