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    Biodefense Headlines – March 20, 2016

    By Global Biodefense StaffMarch 20, 2016
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    See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including pandemic preparedness funding, Ebola vaccine trials, and the CRISPR patent battle.

    BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

    • Congress should allocate money to fight Zika (NY Times)
    • US public health preparedness for Zika and other threats remains vulnerable (DMPHP)
    • Confronting the pandemic threat (Democracy Journal)
    • Preparing for emergencies: A legal perspective (CDC)
    • Virological Hiroshima, lessons from Ebola and Zika, Master’s Open House (Pandora Report)
    • Study finds donor funds fall short for key global health functions (UCSF)
    • Sanofi science chief says it’s time to ‘think big’ about global epidemics like Zika (STAT)
    • The risks and rewards of genome editing resonate beyond the clinic (Nature)

    SELECT AGENTS

    • Protective monotherapy against Ebola by a potently neutralizing antibody (Science)
    • Lassa fever death rates in Nigeria higher than expected (CNN)
    • Next generation antibiotics could protect against bioterrorism (Lab Equipment)
    • New Ebola cases in Guinea as WHO warns of more possible flare ups (WHO)
    • The need-to-know guide to botulism, for safe canning and preserving (Food52)
    • Trials of a new vaccine for Ebola to take place at Guinea medical center (PR Newswire)
    • Review of risk factors for transmission of Ebola or Marburg virus disease (IJE)

    INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

    • Over half of measles cases in U.S. are unvaccinated — often intentionally (Forbes)
    • U.S. made dengue vaccine 100 percent effective in small study (Reuters)
    • Infectious disease holding units installed at four border posts in Ghana (IOM)
    • Anti-vax parents on trial for death of child treated with herbal remedy for meningitis (WaPo)
    • Experts call for clinical trials rethink (Univ of Edinburgh)
    • Quantifying the impact of the unvaccinated (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
    • Pew, Others Urge Increased Funding to Combat Superbugs (PEW)
    • Toward high-reliability vaccination efforts in the United States (JAMA)

    CHEMICAL THREATS

    • Almost 1,500 killed in chemical weapons attacks in Syria (The Guardian)
    • Were you exposed to burn pits while deployed? (VA)
    • Crowd control with chemical agents: Fundamental questions raised (The Trench)
    • Course on chemical warfare agents, toxic chemical incidents held in Lima (OPCW)
    • Anhydrous ammonia and land use planning (CFSN)

    OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

    • The Zika pandemic – A perfect storm? (PLOS NTD)
    • Q&A with Scott Halstead: Zika will subside in ‘5 years, max’ (Science)
    • Predicting Zika’s potential path (The Scientist)
    • Rise in scarlet fever cases shows 49-year high, health experts say (BBC)
    • South Korea resumes poultry exports to Hong Kong (Reuters)
    • WHO emergency vector control group meets in Geneva (CIDRAP)
    • Once and future epidemics: Zika virus emerging (Science)
    • American food safety: Who’s watching the chickens? (Politico)

    HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

    • The unfolding of polio (NY Times)
    • The plagues that might have brought down the Roman Empire (The Atlantic)
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