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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A woman places a pathogen sample into a test tube.

Pathogen Sample

An Armenian laboratory technician at the Ministry of Health's central facility in Yerevan, Armenia, emplaces a pathogen sample into a test tube within the confines of a biosafety cabinet.

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