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Biodefense Headlines – April 23, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
April 23, 2017
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See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including hospital preparedness programs, public health funding for states, and the catastrophic threat of deadly superbugs.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Commentary: The next super weapon could be biological (Reuters)
  • Bioterror attack could kill millions, warns Bill Gates (Newsweek)
  • Assessing the threat of infectious disease to the biosecurity of the US (DTIC)
  • Is Australia prepared for the next pandemic? (MJA)
  • Workshop discusses national bio-surveillance system for US swine industry (IIAD)
  • Preparedness Summit spotlights biodefense, national security, innovation (EIN)
  • How prepared is the U.S. for disease threats? (Pandora Report)
  • 2017-2022 Hospital Preparedness Program Performance Measures (PHE.gov)
  • Public report: pandemic risk and emergency management (NUI Galway)
  • One Health approach essential to controlling public health threats (Healio)
  • Kansas Ebola virus preparedness and response plan (KDHEKS.gov)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Ongoing drop in federal public health funds, plateau for states (CIDRAP)
  • Keeping infection control clean (Contagion Live)
  • I will march for science on Saturday — so should you (Foreign Policy)
  • Department of Defense FY 2018 Appropriations Statement (ASM)
  • Department of Energy Office of Science FY 2018 Appropriations Statement (ASM)
  • UK funding increased to fight neglected tropical diseases (BBC News)
  • Surgeon General Murthy didn’t get enough time to do what he wanted (Forbes)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Huge genome study dissects Ebola outbreak’s spread (CIDRAP)
  • A plague year: a doctor at work in an Ebola treatment unit (NY Times)
  • Virus genomes reveal factors that spread and sustained the Ebola epidemic (Nature)
  • Micro-neutralization assay for ebolaviruses using a replication-competent VSV (SD)
  • ‘Zombie infections’ and other infectious disease complications of global warming (JLGH)
  • Molecular detection of Francisella spp. among ticks attached to camels in Egypt (MAL)
  • Development of TRAP primers for Ricinus communis L. (PubMed)
  • Ribosome binding and sarcin/ricin loop depurination by shiga and ricin holotoxins (MDPI)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • The world’s assault on tropical diseases is working (STAT)
  • Why it’s a bad idea to space out your child’s vaccination shots (WaPo)
  • In a dragon’s blood, scientists discover a potential antibiotic (NY Times)
  • Infographic: antibiotic-resistant bacteria explained (PEW)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • ‘Catastrophic threat’: CDC chief fears a deadly superbug’s spread (STAT)
  • PAHO: More cases in Brazil lead to another big jump in chikungunya (CIDRAP)
  • Experts say Puerto Rico may be underreporting Zika-affected births (STAT)
  • State, regional antibiotic resistance labs aim to boost tracking (CIDRAP)
  • Why the menace of mosquitos will only get worse (NY Times)
  • Italy warns of measles epidemic as vaccine debate rages (Reuters)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Special report: neglected tropical diseases (Financial Times)
  • Why we study a virus on the brink of global eradication (PLOS)
  • Tool for infectious disease outbreak intervention analysis (Nature)
  • Compositions and methods for immunodominant antigens (FPO)

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