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Biodefense Headlines – October 1, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
October 1, 2017
Biosecurity Headlines of the Week

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including curbing the threat of MERS-CoV, BARDA medical countermeasure contracts, and a look at how the 1918 pandemic revolutionized public health.

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • How you could help stop a flu pandemic (BBC)
  • A new framework for considering security risks posed by synthetic biology (BN)
  • Changing the narrative of lackluster efforts to defend against biothreats (PR)
  • Navigating our way out of the jungle: Modernizing meat inspection (Contagion Live)
  • Our unsung defenders against disease (Pharmacy Times)
  • Maryland lawmakers move to block Frederick biolab shutdown (SMO)
  • New lab will boost UN efforts to keep harmful insects at bay (UN)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • An upbeat mood may boost your flu shot’s effectiveness (NY Times)
  • WHO swaps out H3N2, B strains in Southern Hemisphere flu vaccine (CIDRAP)
  • US will spend 170M to stockpile drugs used to treat the Ebola virus (The Verge)
  • Mini-protein rapid design method opens way to create a new class of drugs (Phys.org)
  • Antiviral combo cuts flu virus shedding but not symptoms (CIDRAP)

SELECT AGENTS

  • U.S. invests $170 million in late-stage Ebola vaccines, drugs (Reuters)
  • Stability and pre-formulation development of a plant-produced anthrax vaccine (SciDirect)
  • Label-free detection of Bacillus spp spores using functionalized SERS (SPIE)
  • Sierra Leone taps global cholera vaccine stockpile to prevent outbreak (Devex)
  • Northumbria researcher develops faster and safer way to diagnose Ebola (NMN)
  • A vital sugar code for ricin toxicity (PubMed)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • This sinister virus could cause the world’s next flu pandemic (Bloomberg)
  • Countries agree next steps to combat global health threat by MERS-CoV (WHO)
  • Fighting cholera with a smartphone (IEEE)
  • Yemen cholera cases could hit 1 million by year-end: Red Cross (Reuters)
  • Plague in Madagascar disease outbreak update (WHO)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Drink up! Volunteers swallow bacteria that causes typhoid (NPR)
  • Apply now: Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (CDC)
  • GMU Schar School MS Open House – October 19th (Pandora Report)
  • Book on pandemic of 1918 should inspire you to get your flu shot (Jezebel)
  • Life as an infectious diseases physician scientist (IDSA)
  • How the 1918 flu pandemic revolutionized public health (Smithsonian)
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