New bird flu poses serious threat | Days after ricin mailings, Pentagon says it wants a vaccine | Alphavirus vaccines for biodefense | Bioterrorism and the pandemic potential | APL novel method accurately predicts disease outbreaks | Genome-based therapeutics: targeted drug discovery and development | The risks of H7N9 infection mapped | Discovering DARPA | Ricin case moves forward | Discovery could revolutionize immunization | Preventing bugs from becoming antibiotic-resistant | Vaccine adjuvant uses host DNA to boost pathogen recognition | Mayo Clinic discovers why some don’t respond to rubella vaccine | Quest for edible malaria vaccine leads to other potential uses for algae | Saudi Arabia SARS-like virus kills five | New tool for screening of travelers from outbreak areas | Catastrophe response contingent on training across fed, state, local agencies | Three deaths lift China’s H7N9 fatality count to 27

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the high H7N9 mortality rate, alphavirus vaccines for biodefense, outbreak prediction tools and more…

New bird flu poses serious threat (Reuters)

Days after ricin mailings, Pentagon says it wants a vaccine (NTI GSN)

Alphavirus vaccines for biodefense (VaccineOrb)

Bioterrorism and the pandemic potential (STRATFOR)

APL novel method accurately predicts disease outbreaks (JHU APL)

Genome-based therapeutics: targeted drug discovery and development (NAP)

The risks of H7N9 infection mapped (BioMed Central)

Discovering DARPA (Armed with Science)

Ricin case moves forward (NTI GSN)

Discovery could revolutionize immunization (Cornell University)

Preventing bugs from becoming antibiotic-resistant (HSNW)

Vaccine adjuvant uses host DNA to boost pathogen recognition (NJHealth)