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Biodefense Headlines – Global Pandemic Preparedness, Novel Orthopox Infection, Triggers of Ebola Virus Spillover

by Global Biodefense Staff
March 19, 2017
Ebola Particles - Headlines of the Week

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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