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    Biodefense Headlines – July 31, 2016

    By Global Biodefense StaffJuly 31, 2016
    Biodefense News Scan
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    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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