Texas: Ebola patient condition worsens as CDC focuses contact tracing | New members of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity | Ebola and counterinsurgency—A struggle for legitimacy | U.S. will increase production of ZMapp, but may not meet demand | Role of EV-D68 in polio-like illnesses still unclear | Uganda reporting apparent Marburg outbreak | UN Ebola Crisis Centre: External situation report | Ebola ‘running’ ahead of world’s response, UN warns as funding lags | What words would you use to separate influenza spread from Ebola virus spread? | Pakistan detects record number of Polio cases | Just in time for flu season, a scarf built to withstand chemical warfare | Ebola waste disposal has proven a thorny issue: CDC | Mideast virus MERS merits caution, not alarm, WHO says | Tracing anthrax’s deadly path | What Texas can learn from Nigeria when it comes to containing Ebola | Ebola convalescent serum: It’s no magic bullet | How does Ebola spread? Hard facts from key studies | Limb frailty in children is studied for link to Enterovirus 68 | Researchers hope to diagnose deadly Ebola virus with nanotech | Epidemiological update: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa | Why we fail at stopping outbreaks like Ebola | WHO study measures global burden of Listeria | Lack of preparedness and consequences: Ebola in Dallas | Will AFRICOM’s Ebola response be watershed moment for action on human security? | NIH research: Young, brilliant and underfunded
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on the Ebola case in Texas, the global burden of Listeria, WHO comments on MERS-CoV and more…
Texas: Ebola patient condition worsens as CDC focuses contact tracing (WSJ)
New members of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity .pdf (NIH)
Ebola and counterinsurgency—A struggle for legitimacy (Council on Foreign Relations)
U.S. will increase production of ZMapp, but may not meet demand (NY Times)
Role of EV-D68 in polio-like illnesses still unclear (CIDRAP)
Uganda reporting apparent Marburg outbreak (Avian Flu Diary)
UN Ebola Crisis Centre: External situation report .pdf (UN)
Ebola ‘running’ ahead of world’s response, UN warns as funding lags (Relief Web)
What words would you use to separate influenza spread from Ebola virus spread? (VDU Blog)
Pakistan detects record number of Polio cases (Seattle Times)
Just in time for flu season, a scarf built to withstand chemical warfare (CityLab)
Ebola waste disposal has proven a thorny issue: CDC (Reuters)
Mideast virus MERS merits caution, not alarm, WHO says (NY Times)
Tracing anthrax’s deadly path (Science)
What Texas can learn from Nigeria when it comes to containing Ebola (Washington Post)
Ebola convalescent serum: It’s no magic bullet (Pathogen Perspectives)
How does Ebola spread? Hard facts from key studies (Science)
Limb frailty in children is studied for link to Enterovirus 68 (NY Times)
Researchers hope to diagnose deadly Ebola virus with nanotech (Computer World)
Epidemiological update: Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa (ECDC)
Why we fail at stopping outbreaks like Ebola (Vox)
WHO study measures global burden of Listeria (Food Safety News)
Lack of preparedness and consequences: Ebola in Dallas (Operational Biosurveillance)
Will AFRICOM’s Ebola response be watershed moment for action on human security? (WP)