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Biodefense Headlines – November 5, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
November 5, 2017
Biosecurity and Biodefense News

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including Federal Select Agent Program shortfalls, the Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda, and stolen Ebola aid donation money.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • Commentary: Pandemic preparedness and missed opportunities (CIDRAP)
  • New biosecurity threats appear in less familiar forms (Contagions Live)
  • Biorisk management is fundamental to global health security (APHL)
  • U.S. food supply: Need to protect biological and nutritional safety (AJPM)
  • Trump’s administration’s misaligned approach to national biodefense (BOTAS)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Red Cross ‘outraged’ over pilfering of Ebola aid millions by own staff (Guardian)
  • Federal research and development for agricultural biodefense (RAND)
  • Coordinated actions needed to enhance Federal Select Agent Program (GAO)
  • U.S. needs to improve oversight of labs handling dangerous pathogens (Reuters)
  • Russia, US, UK agree on need to reinforce Biological Weapons Convention (TASS)
  • Fund critical health programs without compromising public health (IDSA)
  • GAO calls for better oversight of high-containment labs (CIDRAP)
  • Division of Laboratory Systems biosafety initiatives (CDC)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Role of brincidofovir in preparation for a potential smallpox outbreak (Viruses)
  • Sanofi inks AI pact to learn more about flu vaccine responses (Fierce Pharma)
  • Novel monoclonal antibody targeting influenza A gets fast track status (MPR)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Uganda battling deadly Marburg outbreak (Contagions Live)
  • CDC scientists pursue deadly monkeypox virus in Africa (WaPo)
  • Direct central nervous system effects of botulinum neurotoxin (Toxicon)
  • Deadly plague outbreak in Madagascar appears to wane (NY Times)
  • Biosecurity implications for synthesis of horsepox (Health Security)
  • Madagascar plague: mitigating the risk of regional spread (WHO)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Reports say highly virulent Klebsiella strains emerged 4 years ago (CIDRAP)
  • MSF says closing most cholera centers in Yemen as epidemic wanes (Reuters)
  • Flu is a slippery virus, a tough vaccine target and a challenge to contain (VDU)
  • Real-time modelling of a pandemic influenza outbreak (PubMed)
  • High wild-bird death rates detailed in Dutch H5N8 outbreaks (CIDRAP)
  • FMD outbreak only a matter of time (Dairy News)
  • The ascent of H7N9 (Clinicians’ Biosecurity News)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Organized sports and the threat of infectious diseases (Contagion Live)
  • The unforgiving math that stops pandemics (Pandora Report)
  • Solving a dengue mystery: Why second infection is worse than first (STAT)
  • Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery about breakbone fever (NPR)
  • Lab-on-chip devices: Gaining ground losing size (ACS Nano)
  • Can math be used to predict an outbreak? (Pulitzer Center)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Understanding what plagues us (Harvard Gazette)
  • Wonder drug made from one of the deadliest toxins on earth (Bloomberg)
  • ‘Big Chicken’ connects poultry farming to antibiotic-resistant bacteria (NPR)

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