Sunday, January 29, 2023
News on Pathogens and Preparedness
Global Biodefense
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Global Biodefense
No Result
View All Result
Home News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – May 21, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
May 21, 2017
Global Biodefense Headlines of the Week

Global Biodefense Headlines of the WeekSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including stockpiling ventilators for flu pandemics, self-donning surgical suits, and the Ebola virus outbreak in DRoC.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • WHO preparing authorization, logistics for Ebola vaccination in Congo if needed (Reuters)
  • Stockpiling ventilators for influenza pandemics (CDC EID)
  • Many U.S. daycare centers may lack plans for pandemic flu (Reuters)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Candidate to lead the W.H.O. accused of covering up epidemic (NY Times)
  • The potential for misuse in life sciences research needs to be discussed (SCNAT)
  • An end to pandemics is within reach, but we must redouble efforts now (STAT)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Personal protective equipment for use in a filovirus disease outbreak (WHO)
  • Tackling Ebola outbreak in remote Congo presents huge challenge (Reuters)
  • Mobile BSL-3 laboratory in Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola epidemic (PLOS)
  • Isothermal solid-phase amplification system for detection of Yersinia pestis (Springer)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • 300,000 doses of Merck’s Ebola shot available for emergencies (Reuters)
  • Sanofi rejects U.S. Army request for ‘fair’ pricing for a Zika vaccine (PBS)
  • Chasing cures for deadly scourges, and getting in our own way (NY Times)
  • WHO prepares experimental Ebola vaccine for possible first use in DRoC (STAT)
  • Pharma leaders announce alliance to fight antimicrobial resistance (CIDRAP)
  • A giant funder’s commitment to the global fight against superbugs (IP)
  • Italy passes law obliging parents to vaccinate children (Reuters)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • WHO optimistic on controlling DRC Ebola outbreak (VOA)
  • Ebola once again on the prowl as emergency teams stand ready (New Scientist)
  • Study identifies rare superbug strain in Houston (CIDRAP)
  • Staff screening for MDROs: closing Pandora’s Box (Reflections on IPC)
  • WHO: Speed of Yemen cholera outbreak ‘unprecedented’ (Al Jazeera)
  • A single mutation may explain why Zika exploded in the Americas (ARS Technica)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Changes in the diagnostics industry demand agility, innovation (STAT)
  • Human proteome mapped across the cell (C&EN)
  • World first self-donning system for surgical gowns (Science Daily)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • First person to sequence DNA in space: NASA astronaut Kate Rubins (ASM)
  • Synthetic biology’s ties to our humanity let it elude definition (New Scientist)

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

  • Pale rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world (The Times)
  • How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past (Popular Science)
  • Ancient protein protects bacteria from modern viral pathogens (C&EN)
  • Cholera 101: An ancient disease keeps cropping up (NPR)

Related Posts

Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023
News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023

January 24, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 17 January 2023
News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – 17 January 2023

January 17, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 10 January 2023
News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – 10 January 2023

January 10, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 15 December 2022
News Scan

Biodefense Headlines – 15 December 2022

December 15, 2022
Load More

Latest News

Partner Therapeutics’ Novel Approach to Stratify Sepsis Patients Gains Backing From BARDA

Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) Initiative Backed by $105M DOE Funding

January 25, 2023
Influenza Proteins Tilt and Wave in ‘Breath-like’ Motions

Influenza Proteins Tilt and Wave in ‘Breath-like’ Motions

January 25, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023

Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023

January 24, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 17 January 2023

Biodefense Headlines – 17 January 2023

January 17, 2023

Subscribe

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Subscribe

© 2022 Stemar Media Group LLC

No Result
View All Result
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe

© 2022 Stemar Media Group LLC