UN: more should be done to prevent bioterrorism | US extends support for developmental anthrax vaccine | ECBC provides stamp of approval with lab certification program | Letter from the Editor: The Outbreak Express | Finding treasure in “junk” DNA | Deadly meningitis outbreak grows | Candidates’ positions on S&T policy issues of the day | Typhoid vaccine failure warning | Novel coronavirus in UK and Saudi Arabia | Discovering new therapeutic uses for existing molecules | Use of B. thuringiensis as surrogate for B. anthracis in anthrax aerosol research |BARDA support for innovation leads to new influenza diagnostic test | Mozzie protein alert to invading viruses | Agent monitoring strategies for chem agent disposal pilot plants | Secret Cold War tests in St. Louis raise concerns

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the meningitis outbreak, anthrax vaccine development, junk DNA research, novel coronavirus and more…

UN: more should be done to prevent bioterrorism (BBC)

US extends support for developmental anthrax vaccine (NTI GSN)

ECBC provides stamp of approval with lab certification program (ECBC)

Letter from the Editor: The Outbreak Express (Food Safety News)

Finding treasure in “junk” DNA (NIH Research Matters)

Deadly meningitis outbreak grows (USA Today)

Candidates’ positions on S&T policy issues of the day (FLC NewsLink)

Typhoid vaccine failure warning (BBC)

Novel coronavirus in UK and Saudi Arabia (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)

Discovering new therapeutic uses for existing molecules (NIH NCATS)

B. thuringiensis as surrogate for B. anthracis in anthrax aerosol research (HSRC)

BARDA support for innovation leads to new influenza diagnostic test (ASPR)