DoD has running start on biosurveillance strategy | NIH researchers find possible cause of immune deficiency cases in Asia | Yankee Stadium awarded SAFETY Act designation | Virus detector harnesses ring of light in “whispering gallery mode” | DARPA awards $15.3M in basic research grants | Early warnings on BioWatch | Compound discovered that boosts the effects of vaccines against HIV and flu | Mobile phones to detect airborne toxins | Telemedicine startup joins incubator space at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute | The increasing burden of West Nile Virus | Elite western forces said poised to move on Syrian chemical arms | NIAID awards $29.2M virology QA contract to Rush University Medical Center | Hospital bioterrorism unit serves as tuberculosis ward | Electronic nose detects airborne toxins down to parts per billion | Oregon inmate indicted for sending white powder letters
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the West Nile Virus surge, mobile phones as biodetectors, SAFETY Act designation for Yankee Stadium and more…
DoD has running start on biosurveillance strategy (DoD)
NIH researchers find possible cause of immune deficiency cases in Asia (NIH News)
Yankee Stadium awarded SAFETY Act designation (HSNW)
Virus detector harnesses ring of light in “whispering gallery mode” (EurekAlert)
DARPA awards $15.3M in basic research grants (Armed With Science)
Early warnings on BioWatch (LA Times)
Compound boosts the effects of vaccines against HIV and flu (EurekAlert)
Mobile phones to detect airborne toxins (CBRNe World)
Telemedicine startup joins incubator space at California NanoSystems Institute (UCLA)
The increasing burden of West Nile Virus (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
Elite western forces said poised to move on Syrian chemical arms (NTI GSN)
NIAID awards $29.2M virology QA contract to Rush University Medical Center (FBO)
Hospital bioterrorism unit serves as tuberculosis ward (Security Management)
Electronic nose detects airborne toxins down to parts per billion (HSNW)
Oregon inmate indicted for sending white powder letters (BioPrepWatch)