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Biodefense Headlines – December 24, 2017

by Global Biodefense Staff
December 24, 2017
Health Security & Biodefense Headlines

Health Security & Biodefense HeadlinesSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including internet-based biosurveillance methods, lifting the moratorium on gain-of-function studies, and the threat posed by botulinum neurotoxins.

BIOPREPAREDNESS

  • We’re not remotely prepared for the bioweapons threat (Gant Daily)
  • Agroterrorism a real threat to America’s food supply (The Hill)
  • Animal disease outbreaks could devastate Kansas economy (KSNT)
  • Pandemic influenza preparedness in urban environments (S&T Studies)
  • Ag not ready for biodefense (Progressive Farmer)

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • NIH lifts funding pause on gain-of-function research (NIH)
  • 2017-2018 PHEMCE Strategy and Implementation Plan (PHE.gov)
  • Trump’s biodefense strategy: Naughty? Nice? M.I.A? (Pandora Report)
  • There’s a new Ebola epidemic: This one involves corruption (USA Today)
  • Why the U.S. will fund research to make viruses deadlier again (Fortune)
  • ASM supports NIH decision to lift funding pause on gain-of-function research (ASM)
  • International Criminal Court adds use of biological weapons to Rome Statute (PR)
  • Arab alliance: Yemen one million cholera cases report exaggerated (Reuters)
  • Fight opioids with lessons learned from Ebola, HIV crises (The Hill)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • WHO advisors to conduct full review of Dengvaxia data (CIDRAP)
  • Experts call for use of Sanofi’s dengue vaccine to be halted in most cases (STAT)
  • ASU scientists develop new, rapid pipeline for antimicrobials (ASU)
  • Nontraditional products in development to combat bacterial infections (PEW)
  • WHO panel offers list of drug-resistant priority pathogens (CIDRAP)
  • Why a pill that’s 4 cents in Tanzania costs up to $400 in the U.S. (NPR)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Inside Texas’ anthrax triangle (KUT)
  • Pinprick test designed for Ebola heads for field trial (SciDevNet)
  • Botulinum neurotoxins, a real bioterrorism threat (SID)
  • Simultaneous detection of bioterrorism relevant toxins using pBDi (Bruker)
  • Burkholderia aortic aneurysm: a case report (Hindawi)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Internet-based biosurveillance methods for vector-borne diseases (PLOS)
  • Global respiratory surveillance program keeps armed forces healthy (Stripes)
  • Outpatient flu visits spike as more states note high activity (CIDRAP)
  • Revision of clinical case definitions: influenza-like illness (WHO)
  • How does the flu actually kill people? (Scientific American)
  • Yemen cholera cases reach one million – ICRC (BBC News)
  • Zika remains a research and public health challenge (NIAID)
  • Netherlands, Italy report new avian flu outbreaks (CIDRAP)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Comparison of oseltamivir free base and oseltamivir phosphate (J of Microbiology)
  • Could this zoo of mutant mosquitoes lead the way to eradicating Zika? (STAT)
  • Quantifying the risk and cost of active monitoring for infectious diseases (BioRxiv)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • GMU Biodefense visits DARPA (Pandora Report)
  • Remembering Ebola: two years on (Varsity)
  • CDC museum gives on-the-ground look at West Africa Ebola outbreak (WABE)
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