FedEx bans select agents after DoD anthrax lapses | Successful Ebola vaccine provides 100% protection in trial | Four dead, 65 sick in New York City Legionnaires’ disease outbreak | IIAD students participate in BSL-3 training animal disease summer program | California: From Governator to Vaccinator | Flexible future of point-of-care disease diagnostics | New material opens possibilities for super-long-acting pills | South Korea declares country effectively out of MERS danger | CDC: 358 cyclospora cases in 26 states linked to cilantro | How Sierra Leone’s most famous journalist helped NPR get the Ebola story | Ebola vaccine hailed as ‘game changer’ in fight against the virus | Communities near chemical plants should develop preparedness, response plans | Time for action on one of the big four infectious diseases of our time | Webcast of NTP response to the Elk River chemical spill | GlaxoSmithKline sees staged roll-out of malaria vaccine | 3D-printed smartphone device reads diagnostic tests quickly and accurately | Relax about the anthrax | PLoS Bio: Imperfect poultry vaccines, unintended results | Antimicrobial resistance: a priority for global health action | Sanofi says new data analyses support its dengue vaccine | Texas reports 5 equine Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases | Alarming survey of NYC subway bacteria gets corrected | Socio-economic impacts of the Ebola on Africa | U.S. Navy examines health concerns near Guantanamo court

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including B. anthracis FedEx shipments, mandatory vaccination in California, point-of-care diagnostics and more…

FedEx bans select agents after DoD anthrax lapses (CIDRAP)

Successful Ebola vaccine provides 100% protection in trial (Nature)

Four dead, 65 sick in New York City Legionnaires’ disease outbreak (Reuters)

IIAD students participate in BSL-3 training animal disease summer program (IIAD)

California: From Governator to Vaccinator (Bifurcated Needle)

Flexible future of point-of-care disease diagnostics (MDT)

New material opens possibilities for super-long-acting pills (MIT News)

South Korea declares country effectively out of MERS danger (Reuters)

CDC: 358 cyclospora cases in 26 states linked to cilantro (Food Safety News)

How Sierra Leone’s most famous journalist helped NPR get the Ebola story (NPR)

Ebola vaccine hailed as ‘game changer’ in fight against the virus (NPR)

Communities near chemical plants should develop preparedness, response plans (HSNW)