NIH responds to calls for investigation of monkey lab | CDC installing cameras in labs in agency-wide safety push | Measles is a killer: It took 145,000 lives worldwide last year | Controversial antiviral drug earns better marks in the most recent analysis | Mobile test could detect viral DNA without PCR | How to solve the problem of antibiotic resistance | Norway detects country’s first case of ‘mad cow disease’ | Assessing global risk: Comparing apples and orangutans | Despite danger, best US minds battle deadly virus | Bird flu in North America | How the government put thousands of people at risk of a deadly disease | Sampling strategy and field kit for collection of chemical agents | Ebola cases plummet in West Africa, as endgame begins | Obama gives East Room rollout to Precision Medicine Initiative | New directive might make it harder to get FSIS staff to speak at outside meetings | Some doctors won’t see patients with anti-vaccine views | Hindsight not 20/20 for smallpox research | Ebola may be mutating | New class of antibodies raises hope of dengue fever vaccine | The money chase, 2016 | ‘Cold plasma’ kills off norovirus | Obama wants $215M to kick off ‘precision medicine’ project | Vaccine critics turn defensive over measles | New Tamiflu study suggests drug does reduce flu impact considerably | Measles cases continue to rise
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on Ebola, the measles outbreak, federal science funding challenges, the Precision Medicine initiative and more…
NIH responds to calls for investigation of monkey lab (Science)
CDC installing cameras in labs in agency-wide safety push (NY Daily News)
Measles is a killer: It took 145,000 lives worldwide last year (NPR)
Controversial antiviral drug earns better marks in the most recent analysis (The Scientist)
Mobile test could detect viral DNA without PCR (C&EN)
How to solve the problem of antibiotic resistance (Scientific American)
Norway detects country’s first case of ‘mad cow disease’ (FSN)
Assessing global risk: Comparing apples and orangutans (Bifurcated Needle)
Despite danger, best US minds battle deadly virus (VOA)
Bird flu in North America (The Scientist)
How the government put thousands of people at risk of a deadly disease (Mother Jones)
Sampling strategy and field kit for collection of chemical agents (CBRNE Tech Index)
Ebola cases plummet in West Africa, as endgame begins (NPR)
Obama gives East Room rollout to Precision Medicine Initiative (Science Insider)
New directive might make it harder to get FSIS staff to speak at outside meetings (FSN)
Some doctors won’t see patients with anti-vaccine views (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Hindsight not 20/20 for smallpox research (START)
Ebola may be mutating (The Atlantic)
New class of antibodies raises hope of dengue fever vaccine (Imperial College)
The money chase, 2016 (Science)
‘Cold plasma’ kills off norovirus (BBC)
Obama wants $215M to kick off ‘precision medicine’ project (Fierce Biotech)
Vaccine critics turn defensive over measles (NY Times)
New Tamiflu study suggests drug does reduce flu impact considerably (MNT)
Measles cases continue to rise (AAP News)
