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Biodefense Headlines – Nov 15, 2015

by Global Biodefense Staff
November 15, 2015
Global Biodefense and Biosecurity

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including POC diagnostics data security, MERS-CoV virus shedding, public health agency CBRN threat capabilities and more…

BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

  • Blue Ribbon Panel report sends strong messages – is anyone listening? (Security Debrief)
  • A health threat anywhere is a health threat everywhere (WUSTL Public Health)
  • National biodefense: You’re doing it wrong (War on the Rocks)
  • Public health’s role beyond biologicals (Domestic Preparedness)
  • Emergency preparedness planning on a regional level (WUSTL Public Health)
  • Refugee crisis demands European union-wide surveillance (Eurosurveillance)
  • Worst-case scenarios that are more likely than you think (Reuters)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Nanoparticle delivery maximizes drug defense against bioterrorism agent (UCLA)
  • ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program Ebola Measures (YouTube)
  • Shining light on Ebola virus for faster diagnosis (NIH Director’s Blog)
  • Irradiated anthrax can be sequenced – fast! (MNT)
  • Epidemiology and typing of brucella strains in Georgia (PubMed)
  • Guinea releases last 68 people from Ebola quarantine (Reuters)
  • WHO declares end to Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone (CIDRAP)
  • We’ve reached a major milestone in the fight against Ebola (White House)
  • Ask well: Ebola and sex (NY Times)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

  • Army malaria drug mefloquine safety inquiry to start (BBC)
  • Good talks needed to combat HPV vaccine myth (NY Times)
  • The oral polio vaccine can go ‘feral,’ but WHO vows to tame it (NPR)
  • Meningitis jab in Africa a ‘stunning success’ (BBC)
  • Victoria’s Secret perfume is actually mosquito repellent (Gizmodo)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Joe Camel and MERS: Does his mayhem know no limits? (Bifurcated Needle)
  • The mysterious rise of Valley fever (Yahoo News)
  • El Niño season temperatures linked to dengue epidemics (Biomedical Beat)
  • Study notes MERS, SARS virus shedding similarities (CIDRAP)
  • A microbial map of the city (The Atlantic)

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

  • Vanderbilt’s medical capsule robots’ hardware, software goes open-source (Science 360)
  • Germany, U.S. in hot pursuit of ‘messenger’ drug molecules (Reuters)

RADIOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR THREATS

  • 200,000 Toronto residents given pills to protect against radiation (Hamilton Spectator)
  • New, portable radiological detectors for frontline personnel (HSNW)

INDUSTRY NEWS

  • Emergent Biosolutions: Spinning off, but not sputtering out (Motley Fool)
  • NVIC calls for repeal of 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (BusinessWire)

DETECTION & PROTECTION

  • The Ebola mobile suitcase laboratory successfully tested in Guinea (Leibniz Institute)
  • A true point-of-care molecular assay—ready for global implementation? (The Lancet)
  • Australian troops are prepared for chemical attacks by ISIS (The Guardian)
  • Data security and reliability in point of care medical devices (MDT)
  • From lab coats to hazmat suits (IAEA)

FOOD SAFETY

  • Letter from the editor: A ‘Herculean accomplishment’ (Food Safety News)

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