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Biodefense Headlines – October 8, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
October 8, 2017
Zika, Ebola and Pandemic News from Global Biodefense

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including biological threat attribution capability shortfalls, post-hurricane mosquito-borne health threats, and key findings on chemical weapons use in Syria.

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Secretary Tillerson lauds Global Health Security Agenda (CIDRAP)
  • Culture of biosafety, biosecurity, and responsible conduct in the life sciences (PR)
  • Scott Gottlieb rocketed to the top of FDA. He may keep rising (STAT)
  • WHO’s new deputy director general spells out her priorities (Scroll.in)
  • U.S. not prepared to identify perpetrators of biological crimes (BRSTOB)
  • Senate confirms No. 2 spot at HHS, days after Price resigns (The Hill)

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Overlap between trauma systems and hospital disaster preparedness (TBN)
  • Europe needs to prepare for the coming epidemic – Prof. Yves Lévy (Horizon)
  • Reasonable doubts: Foreseeing failures in WMD security (Pandora Report)

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

  • Chemical weapons watchdog found sarin used in March Syria attack (Reuters)
  • Key finding on use of chemical weapons in Syria (HRW)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Project BioShield adds Ebola vaccines, drugs to US stockpile (CIDRAP)
  • Flu vaccine: NHS patients wanted to test ‘universal’ jab (BBC)
  • Promising Zika drug prevents infection in monkeys (SD Union Tribune)
  • Oral cholera vaccines cost $6 per person, offers up to 3 years protection (TRF)
  • Vaccine against Zika virus must remain a priority (The Lancet)
  • Study identifies factors that may lower flu vaccine protection (CIDRAP)
  • Approval of cheaper Hepatitis C drug will likely expand treatment (NPR)

SELECT AGENTS

  • U.S. invests $170 million in late-stage Ebola vaccines, drugs (Reuters)
  • Ebola survivors affected by variety of neurologic symptoms (Medscape)
  • Prevalence of Bacillus anthracis spores in soil of district Badin (JoAHaP)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Infectious disease surveillance update (The Lancet)
  • Health experts zero in on camels to fight deadly MERS virus (Reuters)
  • CDC: 9 more H3N2v cases reported in Maryland, Michigan (CIDRAP)
  • Hepatitis A marches through San Diego’s homeless community (STAT)
  • Fearsome plague epidemic strikes Madagascar (NY Times)
  • One million unvaccinated Venezuelan kids vulnerable in measles outbreak (Reuters)
  • In Harvey’s wake, health officials watch for West Nile (STAT)
  • Health officials watching mosquitoes in Texas after Harvey (ABC News)
  • FDA approves test to detect Zika virus in blood donations (Rare DR)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Do pathogens gain virulence as hosts become more resistant? (The Scientist)
  • Seasonal outbreak of emerging STEC O55:H7 Stx2a (Eurosurveillance)
  • Giving bacteria needles to fight intestinal disease (NIH)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • CRISPR gets snubbed again by Nobel Prize Committee (Labiotech.eu)
  • CDC wants to use blockchain as weapon against deadly epidemics (Futurism)
  • Behind the scenes with Amy Maxmen on Ebola reporting (Pulitzer Center)
  • The chicken experiment that shook the world (Undark)
  • Unseen enemy (The Lancet)

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