New U.S. organizations to support bioterrorism medical preparations | Agents of hemorrhagic fevers often change host | Why did they do it? Germ warfare during the Cold War | Indian CBR material remains vulnerable | EU sets restrictions on dual-use exports to Syria | Repeated exposure to triclosan reduces virulence in S. aureus | Kansas officials press feds for biosecurity lab | NBAF’s real risk is still anyone’s guess | Fast access to records helps fight epidemics | DoD agency makes progress in developing countermeasures for exotic biothreats | DURC policy in flux in wake of published H5N1 studies | DynPort Vaccine: playing biodefense | US-Korean partnership for potential CBRN attacks | DIY biology leaves security experts scratching their heads |

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the future of NBAF, hemorrhagic fever research, DynPort vaccines, biosecurity in volatile Syria and more…

New U.S. organizations to support bioterrorism medical preparations (GSN)

Agents of hemorrhagic fevers often change host (Phys.org)

Why did they do it? Germ warfare during the Cold War (Foreign Policy)

Indian CBR material remains vulnerable (BioPrepWatch)

EU sets restrictions on dual-use exports to Syria (GSN)

Repeated exposure to triclosan reduces virulence in S. aureus (ASM)

Kansas officials press feds for biosecurity lab (Wall Street Journal)

NBAF’s real risk is still anyone’s guess (KCUR)

Fast access to records helps fight epidemics (NYTimes)

DoD makes progress in developing countermeasures for exotic biothreats (HS Today)

DURC policy in flux in wake of published H5N1 studies (CIDRAP)

DynPort Vaccine: playing biodefense (MDBizNews)