See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like GAO audit of bioweapons preparedness, Ebola cases in West Africa, BSE in Brazil, DURC policies in Germany and more…
Steps move Boston lab closer to BSL-4 work (CIDRAP)
Auditors fault Pentagon sorting of biggest bioweapon threats (NTI GSN)
Leveraging social media in a sarin attack (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
WHO update: Ebola virus disease – West Africa (WHO)
DoD research chief: High cost of weapons threatens security (Defense News)
MERS-COV: Why we’re not panicking (APHL LabLog)
Air Force Academy shares vision for next phase of tech transfer (FLC Newslink)
Alleged ricin mailer asks to reverse guilty plea (NTI GSN)
Brazil’s second cow with BSE likely an atypical case (Food Safety News)
Why the federal budget is bad for health and worse for society (The Conversation)
Germany: Keeping good science from becoming bioterror (DW)
Deadly illness baffles experts in Central America sugar region (Seattle Times)
DOD, DHS collaborate to improve anti-IED measures (Defense Systems)
Russia rejects bioweapons talk in U.S. Congress as ‘propaganda’ (NTI GSN)