See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including biomedical research funding cuts, Q&A on the state of pandemic security, and lab-made genomes.
BIOPREPAREDNESS
- Is the U.S. ready for future disease threats? (Scientific American)
- The world is completely unprepared for a global pandemic (HBR)
- A literature review on community and institutional preparedness synergies (ECDC)
- Building disaster health resilience in one of America’s largest communities (ASPR)
- Ebola preparedness cost hospitals 360M nationwide (RI NPR)
- Q&A with Tony Fauci on the state of pandemic security (Devex)
- How to prepare for a pandemic (NPR)
POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS
- Global health in a populist and nationalist age (Journal of International Affairs)
- NEIDL researchers present case for next-level research (BU.edu)
- Budget proposes devastating cuts for public health (TFAH)
- USDA has $80 million-$90 million to fight bird flu (Reuters)
- Bill Gates: cutting foreign aid makes America less safe (Time)
- What biosecurity and cybersecurity research have in common (Slate)
- Secretary Price statement on President’s budget blueprint (HHS)
- Alabama waits for U.S. verdict on bird flu; importers limit trade (Reuters)
SELECT AGENTS
- Prime-boost Ebola vaccine yields immune response at 1 year (CIDRAP)
- Spatiotemporal fluctuations and triggers of Ebola virus spillover (EID)
- Two-part Ebola vaccine offers long-lasting protection (Reuters)
- Aflatoxin: toward removing a toxin from corn (The Scientist)
- Novel Orthopoxvirus infection in an Alaska resident (CID)
MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES
- The feds are spending millions to help you survive nuclear war (Wired)
- MCMi Fiscal Year 2016 Program Update (FDA)
- Mining nature for the next groundbreaking antibiotic (PRI)
- Behind the Scenes: development of new medical countermeasure resource (NACCHO)
- Limited and variable use of antivirals for children hospitalized with flu (JAMA)
RESEARCH & TECH
- DARPA works towards “soldier cell” to fight bioweapons (Pandora Report)
- Scientists get closer to lab-made genome (STAT)
- A new toolkit for rapid bacterial detection (Phys.org)
- Researchers develop technique to track yellow fever virus replication (ICT)
SPECIAL INTEREST & HISTORICAL
- The Next Plague Part 2: 1940 – new infections arrive, but from where? (ACSH)
- Effects of reactive social distancing on the 1918 influenza pandemic (Cornell)
- Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space (NASA)
- Evidence of pandemic influenza in Canada during the summer of 1918 (T&F)
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