A handful of companies are racing to develop an Ebola vaccine | Obama seeks billions for Ebola battle as cases keep piling up | Enterovirus D68 infections reported in children in several states | 20th CBRNE troops prove mettle during Iron Dragon | Pentagon casts wider net to avert the next Ebola before it arrives | Characterization of turkey pox | The future of weapons of mass destruction: Nature and role in 2030 | WHO working group on PCR for detection and subtyping of influenza | Rare disease to inform Ebola susceptibility? | Threading the NEIDL | FDA, industry officials vow to minimize barriers to Ebola vaccines | Acute flaccid paralysis following Enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia | Researchers seek crucial tool: A fast, finger-prick Ebola test | Turning UAVs into chemical, biological weapon detectors | Nobel laureates and Ebola virus quarantine | US officials unveil plan to test Ebola drugs | CDC: Intranasal flu vaccine didn’t shield kids from H1N1 last season | Ag, vet colleges team up for antibiotic resistance task force | PATH to collaborate with GSK to develop a test critical to malaria care | Influenza A(H7N9) virus: detection numbers and graphs | 1st Area Medical Laboratory set to deploy to Liberia | UN says experimental vaccine trials in West Africa could begin by January | In off-the-grid West Africa, how can tech fight Ebola?
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on the race towards Ebola vaccine trials, Enterovirus D68, UAVs for chem-bio detection and more…
A handful of companies are racing to develop an Ebola vaccine (The Scientist)
Obama seeks billions for Ebola battle as cases keep piling up (CIDRAP)
Enterovirus D68 infections reported in children in several states (JEMS)
20th CBRNE troops prove mettle during Iron Dragon (DVIDS)
Pentagon casts wider net to avert the next Ebola before it arrives (NextGov)
Characterization of turkey pox (Pandora Report)
WHO working group on PCR for detection and subtyping of influenza (WHO)
Rare disease to inform Ebola susceptibility? (The Scientist)
Threading the NEIDL (This Week in Virology)
FDA, industry officials vow to minimize barriers to Ebola vaccines (CIDRAP)
Acute flaccid paralysis following Enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia (Eurosurveillance)
Researchers seek crucial tool: A fast, finger-prick Ebola test (NY Times)
Turning UAVs into chemical, biological weapon detectors (C4ISR & Networks)
Nobel laureates and Ebola virus quarantine (Virology Blog)
US officials unveil plan to test Ebola drugs (Washington Post)
CDC: Intranasal flu vaccine didn’t shield kids from H1N1 last season (CIDRAP)
Ag, vet colleges team up for antibiotic resistance task force (Food Safety News)
PATH to collaborate with GSK to develop a test critical to malaria care (PATH)
Influenza A(H7N9) virus: detection numbers and graphs (Virology Down Under)
1st Area Medical Laboratory set to deploy to Liberia (DVIDS)
UN says experimental vaccine trials in West Africa could begin by January (UN)
In off-the-grid West Africa, how can tech fight Ebola? (Next Gov)