Chikungunya threat to American’s health security | Livermore researchers identify chemical, physical traits of fallout | Pathologists and public health must partner against infectious disease | Early tests bode well for bioterrorism treatment | DNA sequencing firm’s second act gets mixed reviews | India reaches polio-free milestone | Detecting underwater weapons of mass destruction | Invasive fungal infections after disasters | DNA damage scout: Role for RNA beyond gene transcription | Preventing outbreaks in livestock – there’s an app for that | First 48 hours: Planning a response to a ‘dirty bomb’ | Spanish study finds current flu vaccine gives limited protection | Extremists pose very real risk to Syrian chemical arms | Measles-infected student may have exposed metro passengers

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the Chikungunya threat, Ebola countermeasure advances, underwater WMD, the measles scare in San Francisco and more…

Chikungunya threat to American’s health security (Huff Post)

Livermore researchers identify chemical, physical traits of fallout (LLNL)

Pathologists and public health must partner against infectious disease (CIDRAP)

Early tests bode well for bioterrorism treatment (NTI GSN)

DNA sequencing firm’s second act gets mixed reviews (Science)

India reaches polio-free milestone (VOA)

Detecting underwater weapons of mass destruction (Armed with Science)

Invasive fungal infections after disasters (EID Journal)

DNA damage scout: Role for RNA beyond gene transcription (The Scientist)

Preventing outbreaks in livestock – there’s an app for that (DHS)

First 48 hours: Planning a response to a ‘dirty bomb’ (Brookhaven Lab)

Spanish study finds current flu vaccine gives limited protection (CIDRAP)