Priorities in Ebola research—a view from the field | The year in pathogens: Ebola, MERS, EVD68 | Health Security 2014: Morals of the story | Ebola czar defends CDC after lab tech’s potential exposure to Ebola | UK Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey has ‘stabilized’ | 1M grant to fund research and development of Ebola test | NPR’s most popular health stories of 2014 | Ebola pace shows little let-up in Sierra Leone | Army scientist uses diagnostic tools to track viruses | Secret papers: UK studied chemical weapons buildup in 1980s | IMF reforms undermined healthcare provision in Ebola-stricken areas | As feared, it’s a season of high flu intensity | What is Paul Krugman afraid of? Pandemics. | First Ebola boy likely infected by playing in bat tree | Multiple researchers potentially exposed to pathogen at USAMRIID | CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps | The cool success story of making molecular ice cubes | Unraveling H7N9’s history | 2014: A trying year for U.S. health agencies | Ebola raises profile of blood-based therapy
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on Ebola in Sierra Leone, blood-based therapies, high intensity flu season and more…
Priorities in Ebola research—a view from the field (The Lancet)
The year in pathogens: Ebola, MERS, EVD68 (The Scientist)
Health Security 2014: Morals of the story (Bifurcated Needle)
Ebola czar defends CDC after lab tech’s potential exposure to Ebola (HSNW)
UK Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey has ‘stabilized’ (BBC)
1M grant to fund research and development of Ebola test (Mass Life Sciences)
NPR’s most popular health stories of 2014 (NPR)
Ebola pace shows little let-up in Sierra Leone (CIDRAP)
Army scientist uses diagnostic tools to track viruses (DoD News)
Secret papers: UK studied chemical weapons buildup in 1980s (MilitaryTimes)
IMF reforms undermined healthcare provision in Ebola-stricken areas (HSNW)
As feared, it’s a season of high flu intensity (NY Times)
What is Paul Krugman afraid of? Pandemics. (Vox)
First Ebola boy likely infected by playing in bat tree (BBC)
Multiple researchers potentially exposed to pathogen at USAMRIID (FNP)
CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps (HuffPost)
The cool success story of making molecular ice cubes (DTRA)
Unraveling H7N9’s history (The Scientist)
