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    Biodefense Headlines – Jan 24, 2016

    By Global Biodefense StaffJanuary 24, 2016
    Bio Rad Chem and Nuclear Headlines of the Week
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    See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including pandemic flu preparedness, big pharma vs. superbugs, and North Korea’s biological weapons.

    BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

    • More pandemics are inevitable, and the U.S. is grossly underprepared (WaPo)
    • Preparing for the next pandemic: Fear cannot be our motivation (World Economic Forum)
    • Daydreams and nightmares in biological weapon control (BioChem Security 2030)
    • Drug firms ask governments to join fight against superbugs (Reuters)
    • Why the world should fear North Korea’s biological weapons (National Interest)
    • Targeted school closures might help fight pandemic flu (Reuters)
    • Where will the next pandemic come from? (Pulitzer Center)
    • U.S. deploys newly minted bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry (Reuters)
    • U.S. national biosurveillance: An integrated enterprise (HDIAC)

    CHEMICAL WEAPONS

    • A farewell to chemical arms (Chemistry World)
    • Three centuries of trying to stop chemical weapons (Bloomberg)
    • Germany assisting in destruction of Iraq’s chemical weapons stockpiles (ReliefWeb)
    • Chemical weapons, barrel bombs and starvation (SETA)

    SELECT AGENTS

    • Planning for the next Ebola outbreak (The Scientist)
    • Vaccines alliance signs 5M advance deal for Merck’s Ebola shot (Reuters)
    • US Army to implement new measures to manage biological toxins (Army Technology)
    • ISIS and bioterrorism: Tularemia planned use in Turkey’s water (Outbreak News)
    • Panic as Lassa fever spreads (Nigeria Guardian)
    • Cross-reactive Ebola antibodies (The Scientist)
    • Hot, humid air decontamination of a C-130 aircraft (PubMed)
    • Smallpox eradication: Destruction of variola virus stocks (WHO) .pdf
    • Tough anthrax rules causing ‘hardship’ for livestock farmers (Farmers Weekly)
    • Fear, doubts obstruct efforts to contain Ebola in Sierra Leone (Reuters)
    • Hunt for Ebola’s wild hideout takes off as epidemic wanes (Nature)

    INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

    • Pharma ‘cash call’ for new antibiotics (BBC)
    • Why Mark Zuckerberg was right to vaccinate his daughter (The Conversation)
    • Camel vaccine curbs MERS threat at source (SciDevNet)
    • Whooping Cough outbreak: How effective is the vaccine? (SciAm)
    • How do you convince vaccine deniers? Show the reality of disease (Dallas News)
    • Meningitis B vaccine shortage leaves parents unable to get jab (Telegraph)
    • Brazil Zika outbreak: New test kits for mosquito-borne viruses (BBC)
    • California’s pro-vaccination law may be working (Wired)
    • Scientists test vaccine against deadly dengue virus in Brazil (NBC)
    • FL pertussis outbreak shows vaccine works – but not well enough (Forbes)

    OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

    • H1N1 swine flu kills 18 in Armenia, three in Georgia (Reuters)
    • Brazil Zika outbreak: More babies born with birth defects (BBC)
    • Details about what’s next in bird flu response efforts (Seattle Times)
    • Outbreak of locally acquired cases of dengue fever in Hawaii (CDC)
    • Mosquito-borne Zika virus found in 3 New York state patients (NY Times)
    • An Influenza Viral Swarm (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
    • Zika virus, explained in 6 charts and maps (Vox)

    RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

    • CRISPR controversy reveals how badly journals handle conflicts of interest (STAT)
    • Simulated radioactive decon of biological samples using a portable DNA extraction (FSI)
    • Sequencing program targets the genomic bases of common, rare disease (NIH)
    • Eglin Medical Group first to find bacteria unseen in humans (HDIAC)
    • Simple, scalable, and sensitive protocol for retrieving Bacillus anthracis (FSI)
    • Heroes of CRISPR disputed (The Scientist)
    • A Whig history of CRISPR (Genotopia)

    INDUSTRY NEWS

    • Amid federal cuts, Draper Laboratory looks to biopharma for new contracts (STAT)
    • GeneOne Life Science joins with Inovio on Zika virus vaccine development (Outbreak News)
    • US government is making it possible to dump identifiers tracking contracts (NextGov)
    • Telephus Medical gains Japanese patent for anti-MRSA antibodies (BW)

    RADIOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR THREATS

    • Troubling truth beneath Litvinenko headlines (CNN)
    • Litvinenko poisoning: Polonium explained (IFL Science)
    • Hanford employee positive for radioactive contamination (Chem.info)
    • New X-ray method could detect nuclear materials (HSNW)
    • Alexander Litvinenko: the man who solved his own murder (The Guardian)

    EDUCATION & TRAINING

    • Veterinary and undergraduate internship applications due Feb. 1 (IIAD)
    • Chemical unit trains to respond to stateside emergencies (Fay Observer)
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