Experts raise specter of more-contagious Ebola virus | Mining for antibiotics, right under our noses | Enterovirus spreads among U.S. kids | U.S. scientists see long fight against Ebola | Mass spectrometry in your hand | What the U.S. has given to fight Ebola and why it’s not enough | Opinion: What we’re afraid to say about Ebola | Canadian researchers working on ‘smart labels’ to detect food pathogens | GSK’s Ebola vaccine aces an animal study amid R&D fervor | FDA defends plan to regulate lab-developed tests | Containing Ebola virus infection in West Africa | Ebola vaccines racing forward at record pace | Explainer: ridding the world of polio | U.S. government spending bill to contain new funds to fight Ebola | PAHO warns of heightened chikungunya, dengue threats | Mosquito-borne viruses hit Japan and U.S. | Tapping into biodefense spending | Harvard’s health school to get record $350M gift | U.S. military to provide equipment to battle Ebola epidemic in Africa | How deadly is Ebola? Statistical challenges may be inflating survival rate | New device improves radiation detection
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on the enterovirus outbreak, chikungunya threat, Ebola response efforts and more…
Experts raise specter of more-contagious Ebola virus (CIDRAP)
Mining for antibiotics, right under our noses (NY Times)
Enterovirus spreads among U.S. kids (The Scientist)
U.S. scientists see long fight against Ebola (NY Times)
Mass spectrometry in your hand (MIT News)
What the U.S. has given to fight Ebola and why it’s not enough (NPR)
Opinion: What we’re afraid to say about Ebola (NY Times)
Canadian researchers working on ‘smart labels’ to detect food pathogens (Food Safety News)
GSK’s Ebola vaccine aces an animal study amid R&D fervor (Fierce Biotech)
FDA defends plan to regulate lab-developed tests (Science)
Containing Ebola virus infection in West Africa (Eurosurveillance)
Ebola vaccines racing forward at record pace (Science)
Explainer: ridding the world of polio (The Conversation)
U.S. government spending bill to contain new funds to fight Ebola (Reuters)
PAHO warns of heightened chikungunya, dengue threats (CIDRAP)
Mosquito-borne viruses hit Japan and U.S. (NY Times)
Tapping into biodefense spending (CED Blog)
Harvard’s health school to get record $350M gift (Seattle Times)
U.S. military to provide equipment to battle Ebola epidemic in Africa (WP)
How deadly is Ebola? Statistical challenges may be inflating survival rate (Science)
New device improves radiation detection (Homeland Security News Wire)