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Biodefense Headlines – May 8, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
May 8, 2016
Health Security News

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the ISIL anthrax plot, Zika diagnostics development, and military biosafety practices.

BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

  • DHS will test bioterror airflow in New York subway system (NY Magazine)
  • Military labs are too careless with deadly diseases: Report (NatGeo)
  • This is what happens when our institutions fail to protect us (Time)
  • HHS helping lift key hurdle in the efforts to develop better Zika diagnostics (HHS)
  • CDC defends reporting of E. coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle (Reuters)
  • FBI nabs man who sprayed mice poison on grocery food in Ann Arbor (DFP)
  • What does climate change have to do with Zika, and how is the US responding? (Brookings)
  • Florida coalition sponsors Ebola drill, practice for a medical emergency (EM)
  • Impact of the flu mask regulation on HCP influenza vaccine acceptance rates (AJIC)
  • How this official dealt with a government shutdown, Ebola and a heroin epidemic (Fortune)
  • What’s on this year’s agenda for the “disease detectives?” (NPR)
  • GOP lawmakers slam Obama plan to ‘raid’ bioterror fund for Zika (BNA)
  • Zika virus and maternal and child health: Not an either / or (Bifurcated Needle)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Foiled Kenya anthrax plot hints at ISIL’s scramble for Africa (FP)
  • Nanoparticle adjuvant for enhanced immunogenicity of anthrax protective antigen (BC)
  • Ebola outbreak highlights research gaps for children and pregnant women (NICHD)
  • Vaccination strategies and outcomes during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic (Eurosuveillance)
  • Halyard denies ‘60 minutes’ allegations it sold defective Ebola protection (WSJ)
  • Candidate Ebola therapy fails to improve survival in clinical trial (Pharma Journal)
  • I am Zeela Zaizay, a first responder to the Ebola outbreak in Liberia (Reddit)
  • Maternal health in Africa suffers disastrously post-Ebola (NonProfit Quarterly)
  • Unique human immune signature of Ebola virus disease in Guinea (Nature)
  • 19 suspected anthrax cases reported (Times of India)
  • Treating and preventing anthrax (JAMA)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

  • Rapid, low-cost detection of Zika virus (Univ. of Toronto)
  • Mumps outbreak at Harvard: Why do vaccinated people get sick? (Yahoo)
  • Supporting new Zika therapies key to combating evolving virus (HuffPost)
  • Big pharma pursues next generation of antibodies (C&EN)
  • Zika vaccine efficacy trials could start in 2017 (Science)
  • USDA offers $6 million for antimicrobial resistance research (CIDRAP)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Yellow fever transmission continues in southern Africa (CIDRAP)
  • Q Fever in French Guiana: Tip of the iceberg or epidemiological exception? (PLOS NTD)
  • More cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) in China (WHO)
  • Will dengue unravel the mystery of Zika? (Tracking Zebra)
  • Here’s what the CDC is doing about the Zika virus (Brookings)
  • Bacteria-infected mosquitoes could slow spread of Zika virus (NY Times)
  • Zika outbreak: how an obscure disease became a global health emergency (WHO)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Lab study reveals Zika damage mechanism in fetal brain (CIDRAP)
  • Immune ‘signature’ unique to Ebola fatalities identified by scientists (The Guardian)
  • Harnessing the genomics revolution (Project Syndicate)

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