How Ebola started, spread and spiraled out of control | White House issues new regulations for dangerous biological research | New anthrax vaccine to be made in Lansing | Ebola: An open letter to European governments | R&D at DHS is “inherently fragmented”: GAO | BioThreats gain a new enemy in a new Sandia device | Doctors survive Ebola with drugs delayed by bureaucracy | The state of New York launches disaster preparedness initiatives | Updated preparedness and response framework for influenza pandemics | Sandia researchers find clues to superbug evolution | Fast-tracked Ebola studies put Tekmira, Mapp and Sarepta in the spotlight | Humanity’s bacterial companions are a good place to look for new drugs | Tularemia cases in Colorado | Congress releases war funds to fight Ebola after Inhofe relents | Outbreak of a respiratory illness escalates among children and mystifies scientists | Ebola poses a new challenge for U.S. Military | A consolidated DHS will improve functionality and generate savings | Ebola on social media reveals some notable insights | Is advocacy a core job requirement for medical scientists? | WHO, CDC publish grim new Ebola projections | Concerns about use of Ebola as a bioweapon exaggerated: Experts | BEADS, a sample preparation technology | Research institutions will have to identify ‘dual-use’ pathogens | Ebola vaccine: Little and late
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on the Ebola crisis and challenges for DoD in Africa, growing case count of respiratory illness in U.S. children and more…
How Ebola started, spread and spiraled out of control (The Conversation)
White House issues new regulations for dangerous biological research (NY Times)
New anthrax vaccine to be made in Lansing (Lancing State Journal)
Ebola: An open letter to European governments (The Lancet)
R&D at DHS is inherently fragmented: GAO (HSNW)
BioThreats gain a new enemy in a new Sandia device (Engineering.com)
Doctors survive Ebola with drugs delayed by bureaucracy (Bloomberg)
The state of New York launches disaster preparedness initiatives (HSNW)
Updated preparedness and response framework for influenza pandemics (CDC)
Sandia researchers find clues to superbug evolution (Sandia)
Fast-tracked Ebola studies put Tekmira, Mapp and Sarepta in the spotlight (Fierce Biotech)
Humanity’s bacterial companions are a good place to look for new drugs (Economist)
Tularemia cases in Colorado (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
Congress releases war funds to fight Ebola after Inhofe relents (AP)
Outbreak of a respiratory illness escalates among children and mystifies scientists (NY Times)
Ebola poses a new challenge for U.S. Military (WSJ)
A consolidated DHS will improve functionality and generate savings (HSDL)
Ebola on social media reveals some notable insights (Symplur)
Is advocacy a core job requirement for medical scientists? (The Conversation)
WHO, CDC publish grim new Ebola projections (Science Insider)
Concerns about use of Ebola as a bioweapon exaggerated: Experts (HSNW)
BEADS, a sample preparation technology (FLC Newslink)
Research institutions will have to identify ‘dual-use’ pathogens (NPR)
Ebola vaccine: Little and late (Science)
