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    Biodefense Headlines – Crisis Supply Chain, Safer Smallpox Vaccines, Pandemic Flu Simulations

    By Global Biodefense StaffMarch 12, 2017
    Zika, Ebola and Pandemic News from Global Biodefense
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    See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including supply chain systems for large health crises, a safer smallpox vaccine, and pandemic influenza simulations.

    BIOPREPAREDNESS

    • New UN supply chain system slashes delays in large-scale health crises (UN)
    • Essential recommendations for first responder outbreak preparedness (BMC)
    • UNMC partners in Global Outbreak Alert workshop (UNMC)

    POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

    • However much Trump spends on arms, we can’t bomb Ebola (NY Times)
    • Obamacare repeal and Trump’s spending plan put CDC budget in peril (STAT)
    • 2017–18 Departmental Plan: Public Health Agency of Canada (Canada.ca)
    • Strengthening global health security: A 17-Year partnership (ASPR)
    • Global Health Security Index development (Pandora Report)

    SELECT AGENTS

    • Safer smallpox vaccine in the works at the University of Alberta (CBC News)
    • Reservoirs of salt adapted Yersinia pestis (Contagions Blog)
    • WHO reports Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria (Healio)
    • An edible vaccine for wild apes could revolutionize the way we fight Ebola (Gizmodo)
    • Isolation of Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis from blood cultures (FiM)
    • Construction of B. thuringiensis simulant strains suitable for biodefense testing (ASM)
    • Post-exposure recovery and analysis of biothreat agent using mass spec (PubMed)
    • A novel broth medium for enhanced growth of Francisella tularensis (Wiley)
    • Ebola vaccine tested on humans in UK trials (BBC)
    • Anthrax outbreak kills 80 cattle on Queensland grazing property (ABC.net.au)

    MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

    • False penicillin allergies fuel superbugs—and doctors are fighting back (ARS Technica)
    • Evaluating the impact of pharmacies on pandemic influenza vaccine (DMPHP)
    • WHO’s desperate cries for antimicrobial R&D (Contagion Live)

    OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

    • Antimicrobial resistance in pets: are we ignoring a looming threat? (Contagion Live)
    • Yellow fever in Brazil raises worries of a new Zika-like threat (CIDRAP)
    • Birth defects rise twentyfold in mothers with Zika, C.D.C. says (NY Times)
    • Second outbreak of bird flu confirmed in middle Tennessee (Times Free Press)
    • Greek H5N6 virus appears distinct from Asian strain (CIDRAP)
    • New H1N2 influenza strain shows signs of spreading (The Pig Site)
    • WHO expands yellow fever vaccination advice in Brazil (Reuters)
    • Measles outbreak in Romania causes 17 deaths (AP)

    RESEARCH & TECH

    • A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide, study finds (Phys.org)
    • How is using advanced molecular detection to better fight flu (CDC)
    • Oral delivery system could make vaccinations needle-free (Berkeley News)
    • The fragmentation of plant and food biosecurity research networks (Springer)
    • Dynamic multicore processing for pandemic influenza simulation (AMIA)

    SPECIAL INTEREST

    • ORISE Post-Baccalaureate contract fellowship (FDA)
    • ORISE Post-Doctoral contract fellowship (FDA)
    • Summer workshop on pandemics, bioterrorism, and health security (PR)
    • Request for nominations of candidates to serve on CLIA Committee (FR)
    • HHS tops annual ranking of the Top 25 Global Innovators-Government (Reuters)
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