World TB day: what’s in a name? | Experts: Weaknesses persist in Africa’s immunization systems | Cruise ship virus also sickens 1 million kids yearly | WMDs, IEDs, DHS: how the Iraq war transformed the English Language | SRI International licenses bed bug detection technology to Redcoat | Senate backs symbolic repeal of medical device tax | Combating weapons of mass destruction: making the world safer | A big data freeway for scientist | Swine flu cases resistant to Tamiflu are becoming more common | Blackberry inventor starts fund to make Star Trek tricorder diagnostics a reality | Future uses the Department of Defense Joint Pathology Center biorepository | Temp-controlled nanopores may allow detailed blood analysis | Federal inspections of entities registered with the select agent program | CSTA conducts vital mission of training CBRN responders | Sides trade claims of chemical arms strike in Syria

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like World TB Day, Tamiflu resistance, chemical weapons in Syria, the medical device tax and more…

World TB day: what’s in a name? (APHL)

Experts: Weaknesses persist in Africa’s immunization systems (CIDRAP)

Cruise ship virus also sickens 1 million kids yearly (Medicine Net)

WMDs, IEDs, DHS: how the Iraq war transformed the English Language (The Guardian)

SRI International licenses bed bug detection technology to Redcoat (SRI)

Senate backs symbolic repeal of medical device tax (Reuters)

Combating weapons of mass destruction: making the world safer (US Army)

A big data freeway for scientist (NY Times)

Swine flu cases resistant to Tamiflu are becoming more common (The Guardian)

Blackberry inventor starts fund to make Star Trek tricorder-like diagnostics (Bloomberg)

Future uses the Department of Defense Joint Pathology Center biorepository (NAP)

Temp-controlled nanopores may allow detailed blood analysis (NIST)