Biodefense Headlines – June 7, 2015

South Korea to Track Cellphones to Prevent MERS Spread | Anthrax: As Many as 51 Labs in 17 States, 3 Countries, Received Live Samples | Naval Research Lab’s Laser Trace Vaporization Enhances Chemical Detection | Every Virus a Person Has Had Can Be Seen in a Drop of Blood, Researchers Find | EpiMilitaris – Poland’s International Bioterrorism Conference | States Enlist Prisoners, Plan Biosecurity to Combat Avian Flu Threat | New Biodefense Lab Will Be the Front Line in Protecting the U.S.’ Food Supply | Study Reveals How Bacteria Can Avoid Antibiotics | Saudi Arabia Reports 5 More MERS Cases, Including 3 in Hofuf | Classes Canceled, 1,300 Quarantined in S. Korea’s Scramble to Stop MERS | Zoloft as Ebola Cure? NIH Researchers See Promise in Drugs Already on the Market | Examining Frameworks for an Ebola‑like Disaster in the Asia-Pacific | Faster Listeria Tests Start Hitting the Market | Biotechnology E-commerce: A Disruptive Challenge to Biological Arms Control | Rift Valley Virus: NMR Clues | Canada Says No Danger Posed By U.S. Anthrax Shipment | Viral Superspreader? How One Man Triggered a Deadly MERS Outbreak | Pentagon: We Don’t Actually Know How Much Anthrax We Mailed Ourselves | Navy Researchers Explore Genetic Diversity of Lassa Virus | New Jersey Lassa Fever Death Reveals Holes in Ebola Monitoring System | Global Health Leaders Ask G7 for Post-Ebola Rapid Response Unit | Preservationists Prepare to Sue Over Plan to Sell Plum Island | Did Poor Ventilation Lead to MERS ‘Superspread’ in Korea? | Flow Cytometry On-a-Chip

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including MERS in Korea, the Pentagon’s anthrax investigation, faster Listeria testing and more…

South Korea to Track Cellphones to Prevent MERS Spread (Reuters)

Anthrax: As Many as 51 Labs in 17 States, 3 Countries, Received Live Samples (LA Times)

Every Virus a Person Has Had Can Be Seen in a Drop of Blood, Researchers Find (NY Times)

EpiMilitaris – Poland’s International Bioterrorism Conference (CBRNe Portal)

States Enlist Prisoners, Plan Biosecurity to Combat Avian Flu Threat (Reuters)

Study Reveals How Bacteria Can Avoid Antibiotics (MNT)

Saudi Arabia Reports 5 More MERS Cases, Including 3 in Hofuf (CIDRAP)

Classes Canceled, 1,300 Quarantined in S. Korea’s Scramble to Stop MERS (NPR)

Zoloft as Ebola Cure? NIH Researchers See Promise in Drugs Already on the Market (Washington Post)

Examining Frameworks for an Ebola‑like Disaster in the Asia-Pacific (Banyan Analytics)

Faster Listeria Tests Start Hitting the Market (Food Safety News)

Biotechnology E-commerce: A Disruptive Challenge to Biological Arms Control (CNS)