Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo | Researchers uncover reason behind rapid evolution of poxviruses | Florida officials on look out for bioattack ahead of GOP convention | Commercial Ebola vaccine ‘unlikely’ say researchers | Turmeric spices up virus study | Blackpool anthrax case confirmed | Biosensor arrays for pathogen detection | Tom Slezak to advise Department of Defense on biodefense | Variant H3N2 spreads to three more states | PATH malaria vaccine initiative names members to advisory council | Genes carried by E. coli bacteria linked to colon cancer | Viral genome springs into action to fight the immune system | Gates vaccine innovation award program accepting nominations | How a virus in snakes could offer clues to Ebola in humans

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the Ebola outbreaks in Uganda and DRoC, poxvirus evolution, vaccine research and more…

Ebola outbreak kills one, infects three in DR Congo (Reuters)

Researchers uncover reason behind rapid evolution of poxviruses (BioPrepWatch)

Florida officials on look out for bioattack ahead of GOP convention (NTI GSN)

Commercial Ebola vaccine ‘unlikely’ say researchers (BBC)

Turmeric spices up virus study (Science Codex)

Blackpool anthrax case confirmed (CBRNe World)

Biosensor arrays for pathogen detection (CORDIS)

Tom Slezak to advise Department of Defense on biodefense (LLNL)

Variant H3N2 spreads to three more states (CIDRAP)

PATH malaria vaccine initiative names members to advisory council (PR Newswire)

Genes carried by E. coli bacteria linked to colon cancer (EurekAlert!)

Viral genome springs into action to fight the immune system (HHMI)