Crowd attacks Ebola treatment center in Guinea | DARPA carves out new division to entice biotech talent | CDC releases 40 years of Salmonella data | Ancient skeletons test positive for plague-causing bacteria | Combination oral, injectable polio vaccine used for first time in outbreak | DoD spent 140M on Ebola treatment R&D – and they’re getting close | APHL global health: My touchstone | Overcoming resistance: Researchers trying every trick in the book | 2013-2014 assessment of the Army Research Laboratory | Shining light on listeria detection | GAO: Too soon to rate latest HHS countermeasure efforts | Since 1976, Africa has reported over 2,000 cases of Ebola virus | DARPA looks to biotechnology for next innovations | Editorial: An FDA success story on antibiotics | Action urged against insect-borne threats in the Americas
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the Ebola outbreak response, countering resistant bacteria, DARPA’s new biotech division and more…
DARPA carves out new division to entice biotech talent (Science Insider)
Ancient skeletons test positive for plague-causing bacteria (The Scientist)
DoD spent 140M on Ebola treatment R&D – and they’re getting close (IBT)
Overcoming resistance: Researchers trying every trick in the book (The Scientist)
2013-2014 assessment of the Army Research Laboratory (National Academies Press)
Shining light on listeria detection (Food Safety News)
GAO: Too soon to rate latest HHS countermeasure efforts (CIDRAP)
Since 1976, Africa has reported over 2,000 cases of Ebola virus (Foreign Policy)
DARPA looks to biotechnology for next innovations (Marketplace)
Editorial: An FDA success story on antibiotics (LA Times)
Action urged against insect-borne threats in the Americas (CIDRAP)
