Ebola – Underscoring the global disparities in health care resources | U.S. completes destruction of sarin precursors from Syria on the Cape Ray | WHO ponders treating Ebola-infected people with blood of survivors | Injectional anthrax – New presentation of an old disease | Chikungunya vaccine shows antibody response in Phase I trial | 2014 Ebola case count and death toll map | Hospitals in the U.S. get ready for Ebola | 20th CBRNE Soldiers head south for Panamax | Spain Ebola alert over as man tests negative | How CDC uses antibiotic resistance data | CDC probe of H5N1 cross-contamination reveals protocol lapses, reporting delays | Making viruses in the lab deadlier and more able to spread | Ebola vaccine to be tested on humans | Bill could help market federal lab discoveries | WHO publishes handbook on the analysis of TB surveillance data | Texas Medical Center considering “reverse quarantine” to prevent Ebola infections | With aid doctors gone, Ebola fight grows harder | CDC explains mix-up with deadly H5N1 avian flu | Worried about the flu season? Here’s the story behind the figures | New USDA collaboration links T2, SBIR | Ebola drug supply is exhausted after doses sent to Africa | A virologist’s tale of Africa’s first encounter with Ebola | 301st MEB Rapid Response Team takes charge
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on the Ebola outbreak, Chikungunya vaccine clinical trial, the upcoming flu season and more…
Ebola – Underscoring the global disparities in health care resources (NEJM)
U.S. completes destruction of sarin precursors from Syria on the Cape Ray (OPCW)
WHO ponders treating Ebola-infected people with blood of survivors (Science)
Injectional anthrax – New presentation of an old disease (Eurosurveillance)
Chikungunya vaccine shows antibody response in Phase I trial (Fierce Biotech)
2014 Ebola case count and death toll map (HealthMap)
Hospitals in the U.S. get ready for Ebola (NY Times)
20th CBRNE Soldiers head south for Panamax (DVIDS)
Spain Ebola alert over as man tests negative (Sky News)
How CDC uses antibiotic resistance data (Food Safety News)
CDC probe of H5N1 cross-contamination reveals lapses, reporting delays (CIDRAP)
Making viruses in the lab deadlier and more able to spread (BOTAS)
Ebola vaccine to be tested on humans (HSNW)
Bill could help market federal lab discoveries (Union Bulletin)
WHO publishes handbook on the analysis of TB surveillance data (Eurosurveillance)
Texas Medical Center considering “reverse quarantine” to prevent Ebola infections (HSNW)
With aid doctors gone, Ebola fight grows harder (NY Time)
CDC explains mix-up with deadly H5N1 avian flu (Science)
Worried about the flu season? Here’s the story behind the figures (The Conversation)
New USDA collaboration links T2, SBIR (FLC News Link)
Ebola drug supply is exhausted after doses sent to Africa (Bloomberg)
A virologist’s tale of Africa’s first encounter with Ebola (Science)
301st MEB Rapid Response Team takes charge (DVIDS)