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Biodefense Headlines – November 13, 2016

by Global Biodefense Staff
November 13, 2016
Health Security Headlines

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including new bird flu outbreaks in Europe, Army-backed Zika vaccine clinical trials, and predicting the next global disease threat.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • What’s the next global disease threat? Some predictions (STAT)
  • How to steward medical countermeasures and trust in an emergency (UPMC CHS)
  • Organizing, training, and resourcing for CBRNE operations (Military Review)
  • Viral factors in influenza pandemic risk assessment (eLife)
  • The risk of bioterrorism re-analyzed (Science Direct)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to combat infectious disease (WH)
  • Organisation for Global Biorisk Reduction – New BWC NGO? (CBRNe World)
  • Sverdlovsk, Three Mile Island, and government oversight of biological safety (Pandora Report)
  • What does Donald Trump’s win mean for science and medicine? (STAT)
  • EC Action Plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance (EC)
  • Some USAID reimbursements did not comply with legislative requirements (GAO)
  • 21st century biodefence: Risks, trade-offs & responsible science (ILPI)
  • Laurie Garrett: Why Trump’s win matters for global health (CFR)
  • Who should direct WHO? (Science)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Ebola virus and animal quarantine (Network for Public Health Law)
  • A proteomics assay to detect 8 CBRN-relevant toxins in food (Proteomics)
  • Comparison of MAGPIX and ELISA for detecting hemorrhagic fever viruses (ASM)
  • Rapid detection of abrin in foods with up-converting phosphor technology (Sci Rep)
  • Plague vaccines: Status and future (Springer)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • A radically simple idea may open the door to a new world of antibiotics (STAT)
  • UN-backed cholera vaccination campaign kicks off in Haiti (UN)
  • Human trials begin for Army-developed Zika vaccine (DoD)
  • Malaria drugs’ complete failure tracked (BBC)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • New bird flu outbreaks reported in Germany, Switzerland, Austria (Reuters)
  • Tired of MRSA and CPE? The new superbug has arrived and it’s a yeast! (ROIPC)
  • Despite progress, measles kills 400 children a day – WHO (Reuters)
  • Rise in drug-resistant bug that infects cystic fibrosis patients (CIDRAP)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • More success fixing sickle cell gene with CRISPR (The Scientist)
  • On-site detection of bioterrorism-relevant agents (Springer)
  • A year into the Zika epidemics in Brazil (ReliefWeb)
  • South Asia reservoir for global spread of Cipro-resistant Shigella sonnei (bioRxiv)
  • Patent watch: Devices, systems and methods for surface sampling (Google)
  • Plant factories for the production of monoclonal antibodies (Springer)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Dark new comic book explores a world without antibiotics (NatGeo)
  • Exemplary emergency preparedness model and promising practices (NACCHO)
  • Name of a Vietnam veteran killed by hepatitis C added to ‘The Wall’ NPR)
  • ‘Patient zero’: The misunderstood stories of how disease spreads (CNN)

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

  • Bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax in 2001 (NCBI)
  • Is the plague still alive in musty 14th-century tomes? (NY Times)
  • Rivers in European plague outbreak patterns, 1347-1760 (Contagions Blog)
  • A giant of a man: Celebrating the life and work of D.A. Henderson (GHN)
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