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Biodefense Headlines – September 17, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
September 17, 2017
Biodefense and Biosecurity Headlines

Biodefense and Biosecurity HeadlinesSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including a National Academies’ report on Dual Use Research of Concern, antibody therapeutics for ricinosis, and questions on inhaled flu vaccine performance.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • 100 years after the lethal 1918 flu pandemic, we are still vulnerable (SciAm)
  • From Anthrax to Zika: Fifteen years of public health emergency preparedness (AJPH)
  • Evolution of public health emergency management (AJPH)
  • 2015 pandemic influenza readiness assessment among preparedness awardees (AJPH)
  • Public health disasters: Be prepared (AJPH)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Judge bars public from trial over DHS bioterrorism detection system contract (LAT)
  • Dual Use Research of Concern in the life sciences (NAP)
  • Efforts to prevent misuse of biomedical research fall short (NPR)
  • Public health preparedness funding: Key programs and trends from 2001 to 2017 (AJPH)
  • Melinda Gates on why foreign aid still matters (The Atlantic)
  • Evolution of public health emergency management as a field of practice  (AJPH)

SELECT AGENTS

  • New study looks at how bioterrorism agent replicates (Duke Chronicle)
  • Knowledge and attitude towards Ebola and Marburg virus diseases in Uganda (PLOS)
  • Outbreak of anthrax infections among humans and hippopotamuses (EID)
  • Anti-ricin antibody treatment against pulmonary ricinosis (MDPI)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • CEPI calls for proposals for rapid vaccine production (CIDRAP)
  • Race for a Zika vaccine slows, a setback for heading off future outbreaks (STAT)
  • As ‘flesh-eating’ Leishmania come closer, a vaccine against them does, too (Medical Xpress)
  • Study signals association between flu vaccine, miscarriage (CIDRAP)
  • New technology could allow multiple vaccines to be delivered in single jab (Guardian)
  • Drug for ‘neglected’ Chagas disease gains FDA approval amid price worries (NPR)
  • Prepping for rapid drug development (DVIDS)
  • Performance of inhaled flu vaccine confounds experts (CIDRAP)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Ebola, Zika and more: How many viruses can get into men’s semen? (Live Science)
  • Norovirus detection strategies: Evaluating a new swabbing technique (Contagion Live)
  • Joint West Africa Research Group begins infectious disease surveillance study (MHRP)
  • Over 500 dead as Congo cholera epidemic spreads: WHO (Reuters)
  • Leprosy is not quite yet a disease of the past (NPR)
  • Over 500 dead as Congo cholera epidemic spreads (VOA)
  • MERS mortality linked to age, illness severity, hospital infection (CIDRAP)
  • The U.S. thought it was rid of hookworm. Wrong (NPR)

RESEARCH + TECH

  • GAO report on medical devices for infectious disease rapid diagnosis (Pandora Report)
  • ‘Shape-shifting’ bacteria spotted on International Space Station (Sky News)
  • Study sets new distance record for medical drone transport (Science Daily)
  • Lessons from a individual-based models for infectious disease transmission (BMC)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Can you track the Ebola funding from pledge to delivery? (Oxfam)
  • GMU biodefense graduate program information sessions (Pandora Report)
  • Swarmed With mosquitoes after Harvey, Texas calls in the Air Force (Defense One)
  • Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ELBI Workshop (Pandora Report)
  • In their own words: why armed fighters attack aid workers (NPR)

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