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Contracts + Grants

ARPA-H Announces New Tiered Proposal Submission System to Reduce Applicant Barriers

December 5, 2023

Medical Countermeasures

Needle-Free Vaccine Patch Against Zika Virus

December 2, 2023

Preparedness

Ontario Supporting $165M Investment to Secure Critical PPE Supply

December 2, 2023

First Light Diagnostics Receives FDA Clearance for Rapid Anthrax Test

Biodetection December 5, 2023

Chlorine Exposure Biomarkers in a Large Animal Model

Biodetection December 5, 2023

A network of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Designated Laboratories for analysis of Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) biomarkers…

News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – 30 November 2023

November 30, 2023

Top Headlines

First Light Diagnostics Receives FDA Clearance for Rapid Anthrax Test

December 5, 2023

Chlorine Exposure Biomarkers in a Large Animal Model

December 5, 2023

ARPA-H Announces New Tiered Proposal Submission System to Reduce Applicant Barriers

December 5, 2023

Human BCG Challenge Model for Assessment of Tuberculosis Immunity

December 2, 2023

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

Call for Experts: Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

October 28, 2023

Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Marburg Vaccine Starts in Uganda

October 19, 2023

Novavax’s Prototype COVID-19 Vaccine Nuvaxovid Receives Full Approval in Singapore

October 18, 2023

Jurata Thin Film and CastleVax Awarded Grant to Advance Thermostabilized COVID-19 Booster

September 20, 2023

CBRNE

Chlorine Exposure Biomarkers in a Large Animal Model

December 5, 2023

SOREX Brings Top CBRNE Units to Dugway Proving Ground

September 20, 2023

Biomarkers for Detection of Exposure to Nitrogen Mustards

September 20, 2023

Humanetics to Develop First FDA Approved Drug to Prevent Radiation Injury

September 6, 2023

Infectious Diseases

Valley Fever: An Invisible Killer Expands Its Range in the American West

Global Biodefense StaffNovember 17, 2023

MORE RECENT NEWS

Inflammatix Completes Development for Acute Infection and Sepsis Test System

Biodetection November 15, 2023

Virginia Tech Lab Selected for National Partnership to Fight Emerging Diseases

Biosecurity November 14, 2023

WHO Updates Guidance on Treatments for COVID-19

Infectious Diseases November 11, 2023

The Latest Mpox Outbreak Numbers in the UK

Infectious Diseases November 3, 2023

APHIS Announces Funding for Tribes to Support Animal Disease Preparedness and Response

Contracts + Grants October 24, 2023

Pandemic Flu Has Many Potential Pathways

Biosurveillance October 19, 2023

Select Agents

Molecular Diagnostic Test for Six Biothreat Pathogens Receives FDA Clearance

Field Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin with Acoustic Wave Sensors

With Mississippi Declared Endemic Area for Melioidosis Pathogen – Public Health Needs Support to Respond

NIAID Study Shows Low-Dose Marburg Vaccine Effective in Macaques

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

EPA Developing AMR Risk Framework for Antibacterial and Antifungal Pesticides

September 29, 2023

A New Way to Create Germ-Killing Light

September 11, 2023

Study Links Air Pollution to Rise in Antibiotic Resistance

August 10, 2023

Parasites of Viruses Drive Superbug Evolution

August 3, 2023

POLICY + PREPAREDNESS

Ontario Supporting $165M Investment to Secure Critical PPE Supply

December 2, 2023

Strengthening Clinical Research Response to Outbreaks and Pandemics

October 11, 2023

Provide Feedback on Federal DURC Biosafety Oversight of Potential Pandemic Pathogens

September 24, 2023

Healthcare Workers Express Outrage at Flawed CDC Mask Guidance

September 18, 2023