Whooping cough proteins evolving ‘unusually’ fast | Ebola epidemic continues to spread, requiring intensified effort | DoD scientists work globally to improve disease diagnostics | African Ebola vaccine trial shows modest immune response | Biopreparedness in Singapore | Mysterious virus that killed a farmer in Kansas is identified | CDC reports potential Ebola exposure at lab | BARDA Awards $30M toward NewLink-Merck Ebola vaccine candidate | Rising number of chikungunya cases pose significant U.S. public health threat | DTRA experts scan world horizons for biothreats | Too many patients, too few resources | ASM/CDC fellowship program in infectious disease and public health | A look at “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014” | Is your state ready for the next infectious outbreak? Probably not. | Germany adopts new stringent bird flu protection regulations | Experimental Ebola treatments still at early stage of development | Top science scandals of 2014 | Ebola: protection of health-care workers | The Spanish flu
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on U.S. biopreparedness assessments, top science scandals of 2014, Ebola vaccine trials and more…
Whooping cough proteins evolving ‘unusually’ fast (BBC)
Ebola epidemic continues to spread, requiring intensified effort (GSN)
DoD scientists work globally to improve disease diagnostics (DoD News)
African Ebola vaccine trial shows modest immune response (CIDRAP)
Biopreparedness in Singapore (The Bifurcated Needle)
Mysterious virus that killed a farmer in Kansas is identified (NY Times)
CDC reports potential Ebola exposure at lab (Avian Flu Diary)
BARDA Awards $30M toward NewLink-Merck Ebola vaccine candidate (GEN)
Rising number of chikungunya cases pose significant U.S. public health threat (NACCHO)
DTRA experts scan world horizons for biothreats (DoD News)
Too many patients, too few resources (The Bifurcated Needle)
ASM/CDC fellowship program in infectious disease and public health (IIAD)
A look at “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014” (HSDL)
Is your state ready for the next infectious outbreak? Probably not. (NPR)
Germany adopts new stringent bird flu protection regulations (Avian Flu Diary)
Experimental Ebola treatments still at early stage of development (EMA)
Top science scandals of 2014 (The Scientist)
Ebola: protection of health-care workers (The Lancet)
The Spanish flu (Science360)
