Oops! A French lab lost 2,000 vials of the SARS virus | Who’s protecting whom from deadly toxin? | Lightening the load for defense against biological threats | ECDC expects more MERS cases in Europe | Feds sharing less info on hotspot WMDs with Congress | An urgent need for validating and characterizing antibodies | Gush of MERS cases sparks speculation about causes | MERS virus kills 92 Saudis; Egypt reports its first case | It’s insanely easy to hack hospital equipment | Civil Support Teams 101: Removing misconceptions | Ebola disease: Same disease, new name | Antibody study hints at MERS-CoV in African camels | MERS may be a concern but it’s not SARS

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the rising MERS coronavirus case count, missing vials of SARS virus in France, ease of hacking hospital equipment and more…

Oops! A French lab lost 2,000 vials of the SARS virus (NTI GSN)

Who’s protecting whom from deadly toxin? (NPR)

Lightening the load for defense against biological threats (DVIDS)

ECDC expects more MERS cases in Europe (CIDRAP)

Feds sharing less info on hotspot WMDs with Congress (NTI GSN)

An urgent need for validating and characterizing antibodies (The Scientist)

Gush of MERS cases sparks speculation about causes (CIDRAP)

MERS virus kills 92 Saudis; Egypt reports its first case (Seattle Times)

It’s insanely easy to hack hospital equipment (Wired)

Civil Support Teams 101: Removing misconceptions (DomPrep)

Ebola infection: Same disease, new name (Pandora Report)

Antibody study hints at MERS-CoV in African camels (CIDRAP)