Dutch appeals court dodges decision on hotly debated H5N1 papers | Biosurveillance: Additional planning, oversight, and coordination needed | Ebola report misses mark on international health regulations | High containment: inside the world of virus research | HHS seeks to add specific novel flu lineages to select agents list | Requirements for skin decontaminant in CBRN operations | Congress pushes NIH to spur breakthroughs through prizes | Does this prepare us or not? HHS’s regional pathogen centers | NY DOH develops RT-PCR to combat staph food poisoning, bioterrorism | Lab-in-a-box diagnoses diseases in the field | North Korea invites congress to tour its alleged anthrax facility | Studies note possible human, animal Ebola exposures | Biological lab watchdog group electing new chair | America needs improved leadership and funding for biodefense | Federal health security funding: Doing more with much less | Anti-Vaxxers have a plan to get around California’s new vaccination law | Governments shouldn’t be able to censor research results they don’t like | How did a medical miracle turn into a global threat? | US-Korea task force to investigate anthrax shipment | Biological lab watchdog group electing new chair | Caveats, costs and complexities shadow first malaria vaccine | Diverse avian flu strains hit UK, Taiwan, South Africa | US seeks to allay German fears about Anthrax
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including select agent list changes, CBRN skin decontamination, lab-in-a-box and more…
Dutch appeals court dodges decision on hotly debated H5N1 papers (Science)
Biosurveillance: Additional planning, oversight, and coordination needed (GAO)
Ebola report misses mark on international health regulations (Chatham House)
High containment: inside the world of virus research (BBSRC)
HHS seeks to add specific novel flu lineages to select agents list (Avian Flu Diary)
Requirements for skin decontaminants in CBRN operations (CBRNe Portal)
Congress pushes NIH to spur breakthroughs through prizes (Science)
NY DOH develops RT-PCR to combat staph food poisoning, bioterrorism (GenomeWeb)
Lab-in-a-box diagnoses diseases in the field (Armed with Science)
North Korea invites congress to tour its alleged anthrax facility (Vice)
Studies note possible human, animal Ebola exposures (CIDRAP)
Biological lab watchdog group electing new chair (Washington Post)
Federal health security funding: Doing more with much less (Bifurcated Needle)
Anti-Vaxxers have a plan to get around California’s new vaccination law (Motherboard)
Governments shouldn’t be able to censor research results they don’t like (The Conversation)
How did a medical miracle turn into a global threat? (NPR)
US-Korea task force to investigate anthrax shipment (Stars & Stripes)
Caveats, costs and complexities shadow first malaria vaccine (Reuters)
Diverse avian flu strains hit UK, Taiwan, South Africa (CIDRAP)
US seeks to allay German fears about Anthrax (Stars & Stripes)
