Gut microbes battle a common set of viruses shared by global populations | Do not censor science in the name of biosecurity | What does the SCOTUS ruling on the Affordable Care Act mean for labs? | CDC unveils new pandemic preparedness tools | How to help people with special needs survive CBRNE events | Bird flu pandemic in humans could happen any time | HHS updates medical countermeasures strategy | 14 pathogens cost us $4B to $33B yearly | House vote shows fundamental misunderstanding of threat reduction | CDC bioterror lab left unlocked repeatedly | Company that runs FedBizOpps.gov under FBI investigation for spying | Umass Amherst biochemists developing tools to stop plague and other bacterial threats | The industrialization of biology and its impact on national security

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like censorship vs. biosecurity, plague research, impact of the Affordable Care Act on public health labs and more…

Microbes battle a common set of viruses shared by global populations (Science Daily)

Do not censor science in the name of biosecurity (Nature)

What does the SCOTUS ruling on the Affordable Care Act mean for labs? (APHL)

CDC unveils new pandemic preparedness tools (CIDRAP)

How to help people with special needs survive CBRNE events (JEMS)

Bird flu pandemic in humans could happen any time (Reuters)

HHS updates medical countermeasures strategy (CIDRAP)

14 pathogens cost us $4B to $33B yearly (Food Safety News)

House vote shows fundamental misunderstanding of threat reduction (GSN)

CDC bioterror lab left unlocked repeatedly (ABC News)

Company that runs FedBizOpps.gov under FBI investigation for spying (Nextgov)

Biochemists developing tools to stop plague and other bacterial threats (EurekAlert)