Lawrence Livermore director Parney Albright to step down | Fifth type of dengue discovered | South Korea, U.S. plan new biothreat detection setup | Killer apps that could keep you healthy | ‘Reassuring’ findings released in study of flu vaccine safety in pregnancy | WHO confirms 5 MERS cases, raising count to 144 | Pediatric musculoskeletal MRSA infections on the rise | New spectrometry standard for handheld chem detectors aids first responders | Acoustic detection identifies IEDs – and their explosive yield | New models advance the study of deadly human prion diseases | UC develops unique nano carrier to target drug delivery to cancer cells | The promise and perils of the synbio revolution | Work resumes at federal public health agencies | PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative names new director | Pentagon Eyes Search for Virus-Fighting Protein ‘Cocktails’

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the new dengue, US-ROK biodetection systems, the synthetic biology revolution and more…

Lawrence Livermore director Parney Albright to step down (Science Insider)

Fifth type of dengue discovered (UPMC Clinician’s Biosecurity Network)

South Korea, U.S. plan new biothreat detection setup (NTI GSN)

Killer apps that could keep you healthy (PNNL)

‘Reassuring’ findings released in study of flu vaccine safety in pregnancy (BUMC)

WHO confirms 5 MERS cases, raising count to 144 (CIDRAP)

Pediatric musculoskeletal MRSA infections on the rise (AAP)

New spectrometry standard for handheld chem detectors aids first responders (NIST)

Acoustic detection identifies IEDs – and their explosive yield (HSNW)

New models advance the study of deadly human prion diseases (EurekAlert)

UC develops unique nano carrier to target drug delivery to cancer cells (EurekAlert)

The promise and perils of the synbio revolution (Foreign Affairs)