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See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the new U.S. National Biodefense Strategy, challenges for the Zika vaccine trial, and the DARPA Safe Genes program. POLICY + INITIATIVES Revamped US Biodefence Strategy [Read more] -
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the global occurrence of Bacillus anthracis, performance standards for Defense Department biological threat assays, and debate over the Orphan Drug Act heats up. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES Russian [Read more] -
See what we’re reading at Global Biodefense on topics including recent papers on biodetection methods, management of severe flu cases in the ICU, and the history of quinine for treatment of febrile illness. PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS Outbreaks are [Read more] -
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including deployment of additional Ebola therapeutics in DRC, a green-light for Boston University’s high containment laboratory, and the lingering spectre of smallpox. POLICY + INITIATIVES After [Read more] -
In a new article published in The Lancet, experts review the current field of Ebola vaccine candidates and clinical trials and highlight key gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed by future research. The [Read more] -
New research published in Cell Reports from scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows how Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) can adapt to infect cells of a new species, [Read more] -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 4-H to develop “The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak,” a graphic novel intended to educate youth audiences [Read more]
