House Energy & Commerce Republicans leaders are asking CDC and NIH officials to meet with committee staff on security issues surrounding government field research on pandemic-capable pathogens, an issue thrown into the spotlight by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as President Joe Biden’s new executive order on biotechnology. The lawmakers say they want the meeting to take place by Oct. 12 and to cover safety concerns surrounding the identification and study of pandemic-potential viruses. The members sent a letter Thursday...