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Biodefense Headlines – August 13, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
August 13, 2017
GBD Biodefense Headlines

GBD Biodefense HeadlinesSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including prioritization of infectious disease threats, pandemic stockpiling of Tamiflu, and Botulism toxin X.

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • The future of the GHSA matters for us clinicians—find out why (Contagion Live)
  • Hot topics in biodefense – what you need to know (GMU)
  • Vaccine funding must continue — the health of American children is at stake (STAT)
  • Pharmaceutical lobbying and pandemic stockpiling of Tamiflu (Public Health)

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Biological risks must be among top security priorities (NTI)
  • ECDC tool for the prioritization of infectious disease threats (ECDC)
  • Extensible framework and database of infectious disease for biosurveillance (BMC)

SELECT AGENTS

  • AI can now detect anthrax which could help the fight against bioterrorism (The Verge)
  • Botulism toxin X: Time to update the textbooks, thanks to sequencing (Vector)
  • Ebola ‘family tree’ suggests virus becomes more deadly as it evolves (GLP)
  • Persistent anthrax as a major driver of wildlife mortality in a tropical rainforest (Nature)
  • Intoxication with ricin biochemical weapon (Revista de Chimie)
  • Single particle CryoEM of the anthrax toxin initial engagement complex (Cambridge)
  • Anthrax cousin wreaks havoc in the rainforest (Science)
  • More than 800,000 reindeer vaccinated against anthrax (Barents Observer)
  • Identification and characterization of a novel botulinum neurotoxin (Nature)
  • Holographic deep learning for rapid optical screening of anthrax spores (Science)
  • Flexible microcantilever aptasensor for trace level detection of ricin (IEEE)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Study: Change in inhaled flu vaccine did not help in 2015-16 (CIDRAP)
  • Chembio Diagnostics reports smaller loss, higher sales (Newsday)
  • Antibiotic use in the United States, 2017: Progress and opportunities (CDC)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Forecasting outbreaks—1 image at a time (Scientific American)
  • Cholera reaches Central Darfur, ‘becomes endemic disease’ in Sudan (ReliefWeb)
  • Fleas are testing positive for the plague in parts of Arizona (ABC)

RESEARCH + TECH

  • MERS-CoV spillover at the camel-human interface (bioRxiv)
  • Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA (Wired)
  • Act-Compliant whole-genome sequencing in public health microbiology labs (ASM)
  • University of Georgia software IDs foodborne pathogens faster (AG Daily)
  • Wearable sensors for chemical & biological detection (DomPrep)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • 60 Minutes investigates medical gear sold during Ebola crisis (CBS)
  • Emory University Hospital No. 6 in nation for infectious diseases (EDP)
  • Winnipeg: Few worry about Ebola lab in city: poll (WFP)
  • The intelligent and connected biolabs of the future (Pandora Report)
  • CDC exhibit explores Ebola outbreak, aftermath (NIH)

HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS

  • A Short History of Biological Warfare: From Pre-History to 21st Century (PR)
  • Disease and discrimination in colonial Atlantic America (Contagions Blog)

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