CDC bioterrorism lab secretly suspended

Published May 10, 2016 10:54pm ET



A laboratory managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was secretly reprimanded and suspended by the federal government for failing to adhere to bioterror pathogen-processing standards.

A report released Tuesday found that CDC labs have been cited on six occasions for serious or repeated violations for how they processed viruses, bacteria and toxins that are heavily regulated due to their ability to be used as bio-weapons.

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