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Biodefense Headlines – May 15, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
May 15, 2016
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See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the ongoing Zika virus funding battle, gain-of-function research debate, and chemical site remediation.

BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES

  • U.S. House to attempt passing emergency Zika funds next week (Reuters)
  • The Strategic National Stockpile’s unique role in Zika prevention (CDC)
  • NSABB launches new phase of GOF research debate (CIDRAP)
  • CDC labs repeatedly faced secret sanctions for mishandling bioterror germs (USA Today)
  • UTHSC partners with FBI on bioterrorism response workshop (Memphis Journal)
  • Fallout from NIH smallpox faux pas (Contagion)
  • WHO Zika guidelines don’t include delaying Olympics (NY Times)
  • Senate to consider 3 proposals to finance fight against Zika (NY Times)
  • DARPA shows off technology at demo day (National Defense)
  • Congress drags its feet on Zika funding (Pump Handle)
  • What’s norovirus costing the world? (PLOS Blogs)
  • The world health body you’ve never heard of – but should have (The Conversation)
  • NIH announces leadership shake-up at renowned research hospital (NPR)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Establishing herd immunity against Ebola through vaccination (Elselvier)
  • Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks (WHO)
  • Liberia salutes EU for contributing to Ebola fight (Front Page Africa)
  • Pandemic influenza preparedness: Access to vaccines and other benefits (WHO)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE COUNTERMEASURES

  • Status of vaccine research and development of vaccines for S. aureus (PubMed)
  • WHO recommends new test, treatment plan for superbug strains of TB (Reuters)
  • A scientific roadmap for antibiotic discovery (PEW)
  • Gates Foundation backs Takeda polio vaccine with 38M grant (Reuters)
  • A race to unravel the secrets of the Zika virus (NY Times)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • CDC: Screen pee for Zika, too (The Scientist)
  • Novel orthopoxvirus discovered in Alaska patient (Healio)
  • Yellow fever: A preventable tragedy (The Economist)
  • Another listeria outbreak sickens many (PEW)
  • Yellow fever outbreak control stymied by low vaccine supply, urban spread (CIDRAP)
  • The emerging Zika virus epidemic in the Americas (JAMA)
  • Combating infectious disease: The unfolding threat of Zika (CSIS)
  • Threat from emerging vectorborne viruses (EID)
  • Yellow fever outbreak in Angola: EU deploys medical experts (EU)
  • CDC updates Zika guidance to include urine testing (CIDRAP)

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

  • Chemical weapons in the Middle East: Accountability and deterrence (CSIS)
  • Isil could use chemical weapons in defence of Iraq’s second city (Telegraph)
  • DARPA wants to transform chemical war sites into fertile soil (PopSci)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • IBM creates a molecule that could destroy all viruses (Popular Science)
  • Paper-based RNA test may offer a low-cost method for detecting Zika (The Scientist)

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

  • Environment, society and the Black Death in Sweden (Contagions Blog)
  • The first vaccine was created thanks to a shocking experiment (Tech Insider)
  • “Plague village” may upend what we know about how black death is spread (ARS Technica)
  • How did Edward Jenner test his smallpox vaccine? (The Telegraph)
  • Setting the stage for the Black Death (Medieval Histories)
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