Technologies to enable autonomous detection for BioWatch | Biosecurity experts laud withholding of data on new toxin | Patients infected with drug-resistant bacteria at Chicago hospital | Counter terror calendar 2014 is out| ECBC, Harvard collaborate on organ-on-a-chip research | New theory for understanding proliferation of chemical, biological weapons | Data reporting under biological arms ban at near-decade low | Radioactive theft in Mexico: what a thief doesn’t know can kill him | TB, Malaria, other infectious diseases raise demand for new diagnostic tools | Global disease study reveals successes, challenges | Superbugs discovered to be breeding in sewage plants | Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) global update | Exposure source in Canadian H5N1 case a mystery | Report: Most states not ready to respond to infectious diseases | Botulism bioterror worries keep research under wraps | U.S. tested bioweapons in Okinawa in 1960s, records reveal

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like botulinum neurotoxin research, superbugs breeding in sewage plants, H5N1 in Canada and more…

Technologies to enable autonomous detection for BioWatch (NAP)

Biosecurity experts laud withholding of data on new toxin (CIDRAP)

Patients infected with drug-resistant bacteria at Chicago hospital (HSNW)

Counter terror calendar 2014 is out! (Washington Post)

ECBC, Harvard collaborate on organ-on-a-chip research (U.S. Army)

New theory for understanding proliferation of chemical, biological weapons (Koblentz)

Data reporting under biological arms ban at near-decade low (NTI GSN)

Radioactive theft in Mexico: what a thief doesn’t know can kill him (FAS)

TB, Malaria, other infectious diseases raise demand for new diagnostic tools (CGHP)

Global disease study reveals successes, challenges (NIH FIC)

Superbugs discovered to be breeding in sewage plants (HSNW)

Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) global update (WHO)