CDC’s flu warning raises questions about vaccine match | Ebola free-for-all could trigger bad science and wasted efforts | Transmission of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever from a US soldier | U.S. Navy personnel see life and death in Ebola blood tests | Examining a rare nerve-agent shell that wounded U.S. troops in Iraq | The case for randomized, controlled trials for Ebola therapies | Vaccine necklace could end save babies lives | Ebola response: Where are we now? | Nanomicroarray and Multiplex Next-Gen Sequencing for Influenza Viruses | Handheld chemical detector can now sniff out explosives | USDA and DHS scientists awarded for animal disease research | Pause on some federally funded research could have broader impact | Ukraine reports nuclear plant accident, officials say there’s “no threat” | NIH scientists lead presidential show-and-tell | US flu activity up slightly; H5N1 in India, H5N8 in Japan | Pentagon wasting billions on a tracking system for its contractors? | New analysis says FDA farm antibiotic reduction won’t work as planned | Virus detectives: Sifting through genes in search of answers on Ebola | Link between polio-like illness and EV-D68 looks likely | Doctors trial amiodarone for Ebola in Sierra Leone
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on predictions for a severe flu season, the Ebola response, handheld chemical detectors and more…
CDC’s flu warning raises questions about vaccine match (CIDRAP)
Ebola free-for-all could trigger bad science and wasted efforts (Scientific American)
Transmission of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever from a US soldier (UPMC CHS)
U.S. Navy personnel see life and death in Ebola blood tests (USA Today)
Examining a rare nerve-agent shell that wounded U.S. troops in Iraq (NY Times)
The case for randomized, controlled trials for Ebola therapies (NEJM)
Vaccine necklace could end save babies lives (NPR)
Ebola response: Where are we now? .pdf (MSF/Doctors Without Borders)
Nanomicroarray and Multiplex Next-Gen Sequencing for Influenza Viruses (EID Journal)
Handheld chemical detector can now sniff out explosives (Defense Systems)
USDA and DHS scientists awarded for animal disease research (USDA)
Pause on some federally funded research could have broader impact (FierceHS)
Ukraine reports nuclear plant accident, officials say there’s “no threat” (NY Times)
NIH scientists lead presidential show-and-tell (Science)
US flu activity up slightly; H5N1 in India, H5N8 in Japan (CIDRAP)
Pentagon wasting billions on a tracking system for its contractors? (Defense One)
New analysis says FDA farm antibiotic reduction won’t work as planned (Wired)
Virus detectives: Sifting through genes in search of answers on Ebola (NY Times)
Link between polio-like illness and EV-D68 looks likely (CIDRAP)