See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like chemical threat preparedness, smartphone diagnostics, Ebola mutation research and more…
Army researching uniforms that automatically decontaminate (Armed with Science)
To protect ourselves from bioweapons, we may have to reinvent science itself (Defense One)
Not every model can be a supermodel (Bifurcated Needle)
Biological and chemical threat preparedness, public health response (C-SPAN)
Antibiotic resistance from unexpected sources–herbicides, dust and metals (Forbes)
Diagnosing disease with a smartphone (Medical Design Technology)
DHS announces guidance for FY 2015 preparedness grants (HS Today)
The Pentagon is putting big money into synthetic biology (BuzzFeed)
Texas rewrites rules for managing infectious diseases (Food Safety News)
What’s unusual about today’s ‘dual-use’ technologies? (Cicero Magazine)
Is climate change to blame for outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease? (The Conversation)
Testing bioweapons: the Catch-22 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
How BARDA is helping speed up drug development/manufacture (Life Science Leader)
National action plan developed for combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria (UPMC CHS)
NYPD receives $180M grant to aid fight against terrorism (NY Post)
New H5N1 strain in Egypt may be tied to rise in human cases (CIDRAP)
1,000-year-old potion shows promise against MRSA (Medical News Today)
Five questions for an Ebola vaccine researcher (Battelle)
Reports shed light on Ebola challenges for hospitals (CIDRAP)
Identifying infectious diseases at the point-of-care (HSNW)
The war over vaccines: Terrorism’s new front (Defense One)
5 crucial lessons from the recent measles outbreak (Huffpost)
Ebola mutation rate quibble (The Scientist)
