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Biodefense Headlines – July 31, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
July 31, 2016
Biodefense News Scan

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including CRISPR and the bioweapons convention, Biosecurity 2025, anthrax outbreak in Russia and more…

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Alberta NATO exercise focuses on attacks using biological, chemical weapons (GN)
  • New Zealand’s Biosecurity 2025 initiative (MPI) and GIA partner support (GIA)
  • Pakistan: Need to implement bio-safety and security regulations (Express Tribune)
  • How one scientist is tackling biosecurity in West Africa (CRDF Global)
  • Biosecurity and non-communicable diseases (Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense)
  • Nigeria: Lagos government, others hold summit on infectious diseases (All Africa)

POLICY & POLICTICS

  • Can the bioweapons convention survive CRISPR? (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
  • Senate Dems: Cancel recess to deal with Zika emergency (Politico)
  • In Florida Zika probe, federal scientists kept at arm’s length (HuffPost)
  • The world’s great religions and their neglected tropical diseases (PLOS NTD)

SELECT AGENTS

  • 1,500 reindeer dead, 40 humans hospitalized amid anthrax outbreak (VICE)
  • Merck Ebola vaccine wins speedier reviews by regulators (STAT)
  • Post-exposure treatment of Ebola using antibody-based therapeutic (Nature)
  • Russian authorities evacuate nomads after anthrax outbreak (ABC News)
  • Francisella tularensis – the evolving view from the petri dish (JoB&B)
  • Surface plasmon resonance sensing of botulinum neurotoxin A (JoB&B)
  • Radicalized health care workers and risk of Ebola as a bioterror weapon (JoB&B)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Contrary dengue vaccine response hints at possible problems with Zika (CIDRAP)
  • Nasal bacteria pump out a potential new antibiotic that kills MRSA (SA)
  • With superbug scourge looming, global group bets on biotechs to turn tide (STAT)
  • Governments back Prokarium for Zika and bioterrorism vaccines (Pharma Letter)
  • Scientists find potential new antibiotic, right under their noses (Reuters)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • U.S. health officials update Zika transmission and testing guidance (Reuters)
  • Puzzling case distribution suggests Zika not only factor in microcephaly surge (Nature)
  • 40 years later, scientist who discovered Legionnaires’ still learning lessons (Newsworks)
  • Possible case of Angolan yellow fever in Brazil as vaccine trial launches (CIDRAP)
  • Seroprevalence of Q fever and brucellosis in Laos (AJTMH)

CHEMICAL THREATS

  • Hyderabad: Workshop to keep tab on hazardous chemical weapons (Deccan)
  • Chemical insecurity: overview of the threat to the chemical sector (CBRNe Portal)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Ecologists create a framework for predicting new infectious diseases (Phys.org)
  • Your phone could help cure Zika — and TB, Ebola and other infections (Forbes)
  • Study shows wild birds not long-term reservoir for high-path H5 strains (CIDRAP)
  • Pocket NGS can now select DNA fragments for faster sequencing (LabBioTech.eu)
  • New Hendra virus tests to slash wait for results (Brisbane Times)
  • K-State infects mosquitoes with Zika, hoping to unravel mysteries (Kansas City Star)
  • MIT team develops portable pharmacies (Boston Herald)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Containment: the good, the bad, and the contagious (Pandora Report)
  • Blitzing your household bugs in the name of biosecurity (Phys.org)
  • Check your senses for biosecurity with poultry (MSU Extension)
  • Spillover – Zika, Ebola and beyond (PBS)

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