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Biodefense Headlines – August 6, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
August 6, 2017
Biodefense Headline News

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including yellow fever vaccine access, the militarization of biotechnology, and rapid detection of B. anthracis blood stream infections.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Only six nations have evaluated readiness for global pandemic (NY Times)
  • Don’t forget the fungi when considering global catastrophic biorisks (Health Security)
  • Ebola scare shows that we’re still not ready for a major disease outbreak (STAT)
  • At what stage will we recognize a Global Catastrophic Biological Risk (Health Security)
  • NYC releases annual report on healthcare system preparedness (NACCHO)
  • Human agency and global catastrophic biorisks (Health Security)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Biosurveillance integration: Coverage from the Biodefense World Summit (Contagion)
  • States get $200 million funding boost to fight infectious diseases (MH)
  • We’ve got to talk: The militarization of biotechnology (BOTAS)
  • A close look at President Trump’s new CDC Director (Healthline)
  • Opening statements for ASPR nominee (Pandora Report)

SELECT AGENTS

  • A strange type of anthrax is killing chimpanzees (The Atlantic)
  • Time to effective treatment of inhalational anthrax with antitoxin therapy (PLoS)
  • New botulinum neurotoxin discovered (Medical News Today)
  • Suspected iatrogenic botulism case investigated in Hong Kong (ONT)
  • F. tularensis live vaccine strain – Phase 2 randomized clinical trial (SD)
  • Tetrazole-based inhibitors kill B. anthracis spores to protect host cells (ASM)
  • Sequencing of two BA strains: a virulent strain and a vaccinal (SD)
  • Rapid detection of B. anthracis blood stream infections (JCM)
  • Ebola detected in semen of survivors two years after infection (SD)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Yellow fever vaccine access (Sanofi)
  • Test-tube immune systems can speed vaccine development (VoA)
  • 9 dangerous diseases that could be prevented by vaccines (BI)
  • Vaccines are part antibiotic resistance crisis solution (STAT)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Conjunction of factors triggering waves of seasonal influenza (bioRxiv)
  • Plane size and boarding method can have huge impact on infection rates (Phys.org)
  • The war against ‘goat plague’ (NPR Goats and Soda)
  • Liberia: Integrated disease surveillance and response bulletin (ReliefWeb)
  • Pathogen exposure risks faced by healthcare workers (ICT)

RESEARCH + TECH

  • Emerging technologies to combat E. coli (Food Safety Mag)
  • Study: Saliva spread of Zika possible but unlikely (CIDRAP)
  • Biothreat worries over cancer research (Pandora Report)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Trained Army physician takes command of USAMRIID on Fort Detrick (FNP)
  • Esteemed Ebola researcher at UW fired for sexual harassment (US News)
  • ‘Inferno: A Doctor’s Ebola Story’ (The Tyee)
  • Can graphic design save lives? (The Art)

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

  • Contagionism Catches On – Medical Ideology in Britain 1730-1800 (Springer)
  • Rewiring Microbiology and Infection (Oxford CID)

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