CDC Shuts Down Two Labs Amid Safety Issues

Mark Melin

Published onJuly 11, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

Days after the government revealed the discovery of six forgotten vials of smallpox virus in a laboratory building closet at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden discusses safety problems

Citing an anthrax scare and a recurring problem with safety, the labs were temporarily closed as the safety problems were discussed Friday by CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden in a press conference. While announcing tests show that two of...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

CDC Shuts Down Two Labs Amid Safety Issues

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden discusses safety problems

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