Innovation in countering weapons of mass destruction | BARDA: Recent ‘universal’ flu vaccine proposals fell short | Tekmira changes its name and shuffles away from Ebola | First malaria vaccine takes a key step forward | Bird flu vaccine developed for chickens | Investigation report: Inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores | Online CBRN awareness training — Five lessons learned | Synopsis of biological safety and security arrangements | You’re safe-ish from anthrax, for now | Improving infection prevention and control in Sierra Leone | Why a vaccine that works only a third of the time is still a good deal | Kim Jong Un tours pesticide facility capable of producing bioweapons | Adjuvants improve immune response to H7N9 flu vaccine | Lessons from polio to Ebola | Poor inactivation, testing blamed for DoD anthrax errors | Fact sheet: Interpreting MERS-CoV RT-PCR kit test results | The state of the National Vaccine Plan | Legal responses to health emergencies | Anthrax shipments: Can’t keep a good spore down | Ebola study notes afebrile patients, calls into question WHO criteria | “Out of an abundance of caution” – An overused phrase | Biochemists launch crowdsourcing site to combat bad data | Humans are at risk because of lack of knowledge on animal disease | After Ebola: Changing capacity support to Sierra Leone | Improved way to interpret high-throughput biological data | Ebola: Out of the news but still hitting Africa
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including Ebola, malaria vaccine advancing, and hurdles for universal flu countermeasures.
Innovation in countering weapons of mass destruction (Arms Control)
BARDA: Recent ‘universal’ flu vaccine proposals fell short (CIDRAP)
Tekmira changes its name and shuffles away from Ebola (Fierce Biotech)
First malaria vaccine takes a key step forward (Science Insider)
Bird flu vaccine developed for chickens (CBS News)
Investigation report: Inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores (DoD)
Online CBRN awareness training — Five lessons learned (F3)
Synopsis of biological safety and security arrangements (UPMC CHS)
You’re safe-ish from anthrax, for now (Defense One)
Improving infection prevention and control in Sierra Leone (CDC)
Why a vaccine that works only a third of the time is still a good deal (NPR)
Kim Jong Un tours pesticide facility capable of producing bioweapons (38North)
Adjuvants improve immune response to H7N9 flu vaccine (JAMA)
Lessons from polio to Ebola (The Lancet)
Poor inactivation, testing blamed for DoD anthrax errors (CIDRAP)
Fact sheet: Interpreting MERS-CoV RT-PCR kit test results (FDA)
The state of the National Vaccine Plan (HHS)
Legal responses to health emergencies (Library of Congress)
Anthrax shipments: Can’t keep a good spore down (Tracking Zebra)
Ebola study notes afebrile patients, calls into question WHO criteria (CIDRAP)
“Out of an abundance of caution” – An overused phrase (Bifurcated Needle)
Biochemists launch crowdsourcing site to combat bad data (Science Insider)
Humans are at risk because of lack of knowledge on animal disease (HSNW)
After Ebola: Changing capacity support to Sierra Leone (SLRC)
Improved way to interpret high-throughput biological data (BBSRC)
Ebola: Out of the news but still hitting Africa (CNBC)
