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Biodefense Headlines – August 14, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
August 14, 2016
Biodefense and Bioterrorism News

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including polio cases in Nigeria, DoD chemical and biological defense programs, and chlorine attacks in Syria.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • I got Zika. The US health care system had no idea what to do with me. (Vox)
  • Report details DoD chem/bio defense programs (FAS)
  • No more epidemics – A call to action (NME)
  • Medical countermeasure dispensing summit, state of colistin-Resistance (PR)
  • The woman protecting us from the next pandemic (UC Davis)
  • Key facts about human infections with variant viruses (CDC)
  • How Afghan Scientists are boosting their ability to fight deadly diseases (CRDF)
  • Is Sierra Leone ready for the next epidemic? (BBC)
  • Pandemic flu preparedness (King County)

POLICY & POLICTICS

  • HHS letter to Texas senator regarding federal response to Zika (Politico)
  • Biological weapons: Preparatory Committee for the Eighth Review Conference (ICRC)
  • Feds use funds for Medicaid, children’s services to avoid delaying Zika vaccine (ABC)
  • With Congress deadlocked, White House diverts funds to fight Zika (NY Times)
  • Top presidential science, engineering, tech & health questions (Science Debate)
  • Evolving the US model of global health engagement (CGD)
  • US agency to lift ban on funding human–animal hybrids (Nature)
  • Official will speak about new bio-defense facility (Marysville Advocate)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Comparison of aerosol stability of Zaire ebolavirus from 1976 and 2013 (Nature)
  • 2015 Zambia plague outbreak highlights testing problems, malaria co-infection (CIDRAP)
  • Outbreak of plague in a high malaria endemic region – Zambia 2015 (MMWR)
  • Anthrax vaccine stockpile: Emergent BioSolutions asks for patience (Motley Fool)
  • Experts warn of threat of born-again smallpox from old Siberian graveyards (Siberian Times)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • In the dark of night, a hunt for a deadly bug in the name of science (STAT)
  • Nigeria to start emergency polio campaign (BBC)
  • Army prepares to administer 1.6 million flu shots (Health.mil)
  • Discovery could change how we treat diseases that affect 20 million people (BI)
  • The race for a Zika vaccine may be missing the most important players (STAT)
  • Single agent targets three parasitic infections (C&EN)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Polio eradication faces setback as Nigeria records first cases in two years (Nature)
  • Learning from the first autochthonous Zika outbreak (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)
  • U.S. declares Zika an emergency in Puerto Rico (NY Times)
  • Global polio eradication hopes hang in the balance after Nigeria setback (Reuters)
  • Waterborne food poisoning on the rise due to global warming, study says (STAT)

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

  • Why do chlorine gas attacks persist in Syria? (NY Times)
  • Syria conflict: Aleppo ‘chlorine gas attack’ investigated (BBC)
  • View on Assad’s use of chemical weapons: our silence is shaming (The Guardian)
  • Cleanup to start on old chemical weapons burial sites (Pueblo Chieftain)
  • Possible chemical weapons use in Syria raises U.S. concern (Bloomberg)
  • Uncle Sam wants a new chemical warfare suit (Defense Tech)
  • Clam fisherman dredges up chemical weapons (Maritime Executive)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • CRISPR patent fight: The legal bills are soaring (STAT)
  • How ‘second skin’ suits will protect future soldiers from dirty weapons (Motherboard)
  • Cellular delivery of RNA nanoparticles (ACS Combinatorial Science)
  • Revised Hazmat Suit Guideline decreases burden during summer heat (Hazmat Mag)
  • Replications, ridicule and a recluse: the controversy over NgAgo gene-editing (Nature)
  • Rapid blood-testing technology being developed in Europe (MDT)

HISTORICAL & SPECIAL INTEREST

  • What it took to discover bacteria in the 1670s (Vox)
  • The Panic Virus: A book with no expiry date (Tracking Zebra)

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