Deadliest, rarest form of plague contracted near Denver | CDC halts hazardous biomaterial transfers | Ebola’s spread sparks debate on developmental medicines | Bio-error and insider threats: A two-pronged hazard of biodefense research | Making history: from a public health emergency to a polio-free world | Vast majority of NIH workers weren’t notified about smallpox discovery | A multidisciplinary approach to advancing drug development | Health security in 2014: Preparedness knowledge for emerging health threats | Vaccine refusal myths drive up development costs, prices | Plasmonic biosensors make highly sensitive diagnostic devices | US imported chikungunya cases climb to 138 | Obama taps his ‘WMD Czar’ to move over to energy department | CDC to create public anthrax database | We are making Ebola outbreaks worse by cutting down forests

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like the CDC closing biothreat labs, debate over emergency use of Ebola drugs in development, rising vaccine prices and more…

Deadliest, rarest form of plague contracted near Denver (Bloomberg)

CDC halts hazardous biomaterial transfers (The Scientist)

Ebola’s spread sparks debate on developmental medicines (NTI GSN)

Bio-error and insider threats: A two-pronged hazard of biodefense research (Pandora Report)

Making history: from a public health emergency to a polio-free world (WHO)

Vast majority of NIH workers weren’t notified about smallpox discovery (NTI GSN)

A multidisciplinary approach to advancing drug development (CORDIS)

Health security in 2014: Preparedness knowledge for emerging health threats (The Lancet)

Vaccine refusal myths drive up development costs, prices (Forbes)

Plasmonic biosensors make highly sensitive diagnostic devices (MTB Europe)

US imported chikungunya cases climb to 138 (CIDRAP)

Obama taps his ‘WMD Czar’ to move over to energy department (NTI GSN)