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Biodefense Headlines – March 6, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
March 6, 2016
Health Security Headlines

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including Agroterrorism, preparedness for epidemics, and Lassa Fever in Nigeria.

BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

  • Lawmakers assess US vulnerability to agroterrorist attack (HS Today)
  • GOP congressmen question the need for $2 billion to fight Zika virus (NPR)
  • The US needs to whip its disaster-response plans into shape (Defense One)
  • Data sharing in public health emergencies: a call to researchers (WHO)
  • Why the world is stockpiling thousands of doses of unapproved vaccine (Tech Insider)
  • Ethical criteria for human challenge studies in infectious diseases (Oxford Journals)
  • How can we prevent the next global health epidemic? (NPR)
  • US pressures China, South Korea on poultry quarantine (The Hill)
  • How Federal and State policy will affect biologics and biosimilars (PEW)
  • DTRA’s biosurveillance ecosystem (Armed with Science)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Nigeria struggles to rein in Lassa Fever (NPR)
  • Ebola survivor study yields insights on complications of disease (NIAID)
  • Why Ebola survivors struggle with new symptoms (Scientific American)
  • Purification and characterization of Botulinum Neurotoxin FA (mSphere)
  • Studies on Ebola survivors show range of complications (CIDRAP)
  • Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys (NIAID)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

  • Long-term stability of influenza vaccine in a dissolving microneedle patch (DD&T Research)
  • Understanding vaccination through the lens of inoculation (Tracking Zebra)
  • On DoD radar: First clinical trial of MERS vaccine candidate (Health.mil)
  • Zika virus: Medical countermeasure development challenges (PLOS)
  • Zika virus Emergency Use Authorization (FDA)
  • CDC notes progress, threat regarding hospital superbugs (CIDRAP)

CHEMICAL THREATS

  • UCF assistant professor breaks down chemical weapons (Central FL Future)
  • Assad’s forces used chemical weapons during truce: Israel (NBC)
  • Chemical companies named in report detailing IS weapons supply chain (Chem.info)
  • EPA unveils changes to chemical plant safety planning (C&EN)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • GAO’s chief scientist sees possible delays for Zika vaccine (BNA)
  • Evidence mounts linking Zika virus to birth defects (Reuters)
  • Mysterious outbreak in Wisconsin infects 44 (USA Today)
  • Google adds Zika info to search, partners with UNICEF to map outbreak (Tech Crunch)
  • Man gets rare strain of HIV despite taking antiviral pills (Yahoo News)
  • Zika is expected to infect 1 in 5 Puerto Ricans, raising threat to rest of U.S. (WaPo)
  • The emerging Zika pandemic enhancing preparedness (JAMA)
  • America’s germiest hospitals? The answer may surprise you (NBC News)
  • Study finds multiple problems in fetuses exposed to Zika virus (NPR)

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

  • Inside the secret defense systems of giant viruses (STAT)
  • Natick early research sets foundation for advances (Armed with Science)
  • Eliminating the NTDs: Translational science and new technologies (PLOS)
  • Transforming molecular diagnostic point of care with cell phones (GEN)

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