A plan to protect the world—and save WHO | Power, airflow, safety issues plague high-tech CDC labs | Myanmar signs treaty on chemical weapons | 1 versus 2 doses: What is the best use of vaccine in an influenza pandemic? | US seeks UN action on chemical weapon attacks in Syria | Emerging infections program—State health department perspective | Red tape, vaccine issues, future fears mark avian flu hearing | Spotlight: Prototype detects cyanide poisoning | On statelessness and health security | Report: WHO unfit for public health emergency | Ebola cases evade detection due to ongoing lack of trust in communities | There’s an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don’t they? | WHO ‘unfit for health emergencies’ | Lack of people, supplies and money plague Africa’s Ebola fight: experts | How the British subjected thousands to chem-bio warfare trials | Independent group pans WHO’s response to Ebola | Promise is seen in an inexpensive cholera vaccine | HHS 2015 preparedness grants hold at 2014 level | Nanopore sequencing: The new frontline of infectious disease diagnostics | U.S. plans changes to bird-flu response after criticism | PNNL launches threat sampling videos | CDC releases updated ‘Yellow Book’
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including vaccine strategies for pandemic flu, chemical weapons use in Syria, failings of WHO on Ebola response.
A plan to protect the world—and save WHO (The Lancet)
Power, airflow, safety issues plague high-tech CDC labs (USA Today)
Myanmar signs treaty on chemical weapons (NY Times)
1 versus 2 doses: What is the best use of vaccine in an influenza pandemic? (Epidemics)
Emerging infections program—State health department perspective (EID)
Red tape, vaccine issues, future fears mark avian flu hearing (CIDRAP)
On statelessness and health security (Bifurcated Needle)
Report: WHO unfit for public health emergency (The Scientist)
Ebola cases evade detection due to ongoing lack of trust in communities (UN)
There’s an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don’t they? (Vox)
WHO ‘unfit for health emergencies’ (BBC News)
Lack of people, supplies and money plague Africa’s Ebola fight: experts (Reuters)
How the British subjected thousands to chem-bio warfare trials (Independent)
Independent group pans WHO’s response to Ebola (Science Insider)
Promise is seen in an inexpensive cholera vaccine (NY Times)
HHS 2015 preparedness grants hold at 2014 level (CIDRAP)
Nanopore sequencing: The new frontline of infectious disease diagnostics (Gen)
U.S. plans changes to bird-flu response after criticism (Reuters)
CDC releases updated ‘Yellow Book’ (Avian Flu Diary)