Chemical-Biological Defense office to kick off dozens of new programs | Obama seeks final funds to build Kansas biodefense site | Up to 1000 NIH investigators dropped out last year | Pentagon Channel, defense labs team up for new science TV show | How photosensitization can stop viruses from infecting cells | Rare skin infections linked to seafood from NYC Chinatowns | In memoriam: Biotech superstar Alejandro Zaffaroni | Giant virus resurrected from permafrost after 30,000 years | Obama budget would require difficult choices for Homeland Security | Reducing drug trial costs with imaging technology | Review of social media data for public health surveillance | USDA wants to step up innovation research | Discovery may lead to vaccine for all 4 types of dengue | Notre Dame chemists discover new class of antibiotics | Allowing Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to expire could hurt national security | Case report: Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barre | UNICEF, WHO push for inactivated polio vaccine | Senate democrats press for stricter chemical security requirements

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, new classes of antibiotics, stricter chemical security requirements and more…

Chemical-Biological Defense office to kick off dozens of new programs (NDIA)

Obama seeks final funds to build Kansas biodefense site (NTI GSN)

Up to 1000 NIH investigators dropped out last year (Science Insider)

Pentagon Channel, defense labs team up for new science TV show (NRL)

How photosensitization can stop viruses from infecting cells (UCLA)

Rare skin infections linked to seafood from NYC Chinatowns (Food Safety News)

In memoriam: Biotech superstar Alejandro Zaffaroni (The Scientist)

Giant virus resurrected from permafrost after 30,000 years (Yahoo!)

Obama budget would require difficult choices for Homeland Security (HOR Committee)

Reducing drug trial costs with imaging technology (Optical Society)

Review of social media data for public health surveillance (Milbank Quarterly)

USDA wants to step up innovation research (Science)