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Senators Ask HHS to Investigate Biolab Safety; Fort Detrick Closure and Gain-of-Function Research Scrutinized
Summary
Committee members pressed Secretary Kennedy about recent lab safety concerns, the Fort Detrick closure, FBI involvement and the department's decision to halt gain-of-function research pending review.
Senators used the HHS budget hearing to press Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a high-priority national-security and biosafety issue: laboratory safety at BSL-4 facilities and the department's handling of gain-of-function research.
Senator Rand Paul and others raised reports that an apparent deliberate breach at Fort Detrick led HHS to close the facility and bring the FBI in to investigate. Kennedy confirmed the FBI was…
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