Proposed Ebola biobank would strengthen African science | New commander coming to Army’s flagship biodefense lab | International team discovers the ancient origins of deadly Lassa virus | Agroterrorism a serious risk to Americans, U.S. economy | Ebola cases stay in single digits, but all pose high risks | A quiet revolution in the treatment of childhood diarrhea | What’s behind the ‘anti-vax’ movement? | System detects MRSA in less than 20 minutes | CDC offers a look back at 20 years of FoodNet | Accelerating the use of prizes to address tough challenges | NY council passes bill aimed at limiting future Legionnaires’ outbreaks | Thousands of Ebola survivors face persistent joint pain and other problems | At least 20,000 infected in southeast Congo measles outbreak: U.N. | Roche buys “superbug” diagnostics firm | Tainted drinking water plays important role in waterborne disease | Federal report on antimicrobial trends gets interactive update | Call for papers: Surveillance and health security systems | Next-generation medevac biocontainment units revealed today | ISIS is suspected of a chemical attack against Kurds in Syria | HIV flushed out by cancer drug | How the Department of Defense helped confront Ebola | Pandemic influenza countermeasures injury table | Yemen: Dengue fever and malaria are linked to trash
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including health security surveillance, mobile biocontainment units, and the Legionnaires’ outbreaks.
Proposed Ebola biobank would strengthen African science (Nature)
New commander coming to Army’s flagship biodefense lab (Army Times)
International team discovers the ancient origins of deadly Lassa virus (MNT)
Agroterrorism a serious risk to Americans, U.S. economy (HSNW)
Ebola cases stay in single digits, but all pose high risks (CIDRAP)
A quiet revolution in the treatment of childhood diarrhea (NY Times)
What’s behind the ‘anti-vax’ movement? (BBC News)
System detects MRSA in less than 20 minutes (MDT)
CDC offers a look back at 20 years of FoodNet (Food Safety News)
Accelerating the use of prizes to address tough challenges (White House)
NY council passes bill aimed at limiting future Legionnaires’ outbreaks (NY Times)
Thousands of Ebola survivors face persistent joint pain and other problems (Sci American)
At least 20,000 infected in southeast Congo measles outbreak: U.N. (Reuters)
Roche buys “superbug” diagnostics firm (EU Biotechnology)
Tainted drinking water plays important role in waterborne disease (CIDRAP)
Federal report on antimicrobial trends gets interactive update (Food Safety News)
Call for papers: Surveillance and health security systems (Health Security)
ISIS is suspected of a chemical attack against Kurds in Syria (NY Times)
HIV flushed out by cancer drug (BBC)
How the Department of Defense helped confront Ebola (GPPR)
Pandemic influenza countermeasures injury table (Federal Register)
Yemen: Dengue fever and malaria are linked to trash (NY Times)
