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Commentary

Jun 26, 2026

The Texas Screwworm Cases Are a Wake-Up Call for U.S. Biosecurity

The U.S. biosecurity system is poorly prepared for new threats. Naturally occurring crop diseases not yet present could cause billions of dollars in losses if introduced here. Engineered pathogens delivered deliberately could be far worse.
Commentary

Jun 10, 2026

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

Global capacity to sequence a new pathogen or deliver a vaccine is greater than ever. But mounting a coordinated response to future biosecurity threats will require a framework designed with geopolitics in mind.
Research

May 27, 2026

How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research?

In this report, the authors explain the effect of tort liability on safety incentives for life sciences researchers and research institutions.
Research

Apr 27, 2026

Agricultural Security Considerations for the U.S. Corn Belt: Reviewing Key Threats and Mitigation Strategies for Bioresiliency

The authors examine key threat categories to the agricultural industries of the U.S. Corn Belt and identify proactive and integrated approaches to safeguarding U.S. crop production against emerging biological, environmental, and societal risks.
Research

Apr 6, 2026

Infinite Potential—Insights from the Viral Uplift Scenario: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises

In this after-action report, the authors describe a series of exercises centered on the misuse of artificial intelligence models to generate novel biological threats and intended to elicit policy options that could help reduce the risks and impact.
Research

Apr 1, 2026

A Framework for Evaluating Implementation, Impact, and Cost-Effectiveness of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance

This conceptual analysis addresses a program evaluation guidance gap by presenting a modular, evidence-based logic model grounded in wastewater and environmental surveillance evaluations from 2016-2025 across diverse contexts and program types.
Research

Dec 24, 2025

Preparedness of Public Health Laboratories for Respiratory Infectious Diseases: EU/EEA Country Perspectives on Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study was to provide evidence on how to help public health laboratories be better prepared and more resilient to future public health challenges related to respiratory infectious diseases.
Research

Dec 2, 2025

First convening of the UK Microbial Forensics Consortium 2024: Workshop summary

Workshop findings from the UK Microbial Forensics Consortium highlight gaps in roles, data sharing, forensic capability and communication, offering recommendations to strengthen the UK's ability to investigate and attribute biological threats.
Research

Dec 1, 2025

Strategies to Improve Detection of Novel Pandemic Pathogens: Cost Versus Detection Performance for Promising Pathogen-Agnostic Detection Workflows

To inform decisions that enable the next generation of biosurveillance systems to rapidly detect outbreaks of novel pathogens, the authors evaluated the cost and detection performance of three promising pathogen-agnostic detection strategies.
Research

Nov 25, 2025

Toward Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Biological Knowledge of Frontier Large Language Models

The authors evaluate the most-capable artificial intelligence (AI) models (as of May 2025) against eight knowledge benchmarks to determine the degree to which frontier AI models pose a risk of helping bad actors create biological or chemical weapons.
Expert Insights

Jul 30, 2025

Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks: Evidence submission by RAND Europe

This document provides RAND Europe’s submission of evidence in relation to the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee’s Call for Evidence on the risks associated with antimicrobial resistance.
Expert Insights

Jun 30, 2025

Data and AI-Enabled Biological Design: Risks Related to Biological Training Data and Opportunities for Governance

The authors of this paper assess the link between biological data and the capabilities of artificial intelligence models trained on large volumes of biological data, then recommend strategies to limit such potentially dangerous capabilities.

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The Texas Screwworm Cases Are a Wake-Up Call for U.S. Biosecurity

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research?

Agricultural Security Considerations for the U.S. Corn Belt: Reviewing Key Threats and Mitigation Strategies for Bioresiliency

Infinite Potential—Insights from the Viral Uplift Scenario: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises

A Framework for Evaluating Implementation, Impact, and Cost-Effectiveness of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance

Preparedness of Public Health Laboratories for Respiratory Infectious Diseases: EU/EEA Country Perspectives on Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

First convening of the UK Microbial Forensics Consortium 2024: Workshop summary

Strategies to Improve Detection of Novel Pandemic Pathogens: Cost Versus Detection Performance for Promising Pathogen-Agnostic Detection Workflows

Toward Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Biological Knowledge of Frontier Large Language Models

Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks: Evidence submission by RAND Europe

Data and AI-Enabled Biological Design: Risks Related to Biological Training Data and Opportunities for Governance

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Biosurveillance

Related Topics

The Case for Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities in the U.S.

Modern Biosurveillance Methods

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

The Texas Screwworm Cases Are a Wake-Up Call for U.S. Biosecurity

Rebuilding Trust in Global Biosecurity

How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research?

Agricultural Security Considerations for the U.S. Corn Belt: Reviewing Key Threats and Mitigation Strategies for Bioresiliency

Infinite Potential—Insights from the Viral Uplift Scenario: After-Action Report from a Sequence of Day After Artificial General Intelligence Exercises

A Framework for Evaluating Implementation, Impact, and Cost-Effectiveness of Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance

Preparedness of Public Health Laboratories for Respiratory Infectious Diseases: EU/EEA Country Perspectives on Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

First convening of the UK Microbial Forensics Consortium 2024: Workshop summary

Strategies to Improve Detection of Novel Pandemic Pathogens: Cost Versus Detection Performance for Promising Pathogen-Agnostic Detection Workflows

Toward Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Biological Knowledge of Frontier Large Language Models

Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks: Evidence submission by RAND Europe

Data and AI-Enabled Biological Design: Risks Related to Biological Training Data and Opportunities for Governance

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