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    Biodefense Headlines – October 1, 2017

    By Global Biodefense StaffOctober 1, 2017
    Biosecurity Headlines of the Week
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    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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