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    Biodefense Headlines – January 7, 2018

    By Global Biodefense StaffJanuary 7, 2018
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    See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including flu hitting hard across the U.S., ecologic features of plague outbreaks, and Canada’s biological response plan.

    BIOPREPAREDNESS

    • Bio-preparedness needs to start at the frontlines of disease control (Contagion)
    • Don’t drop the ball on outbreak preparedness (Outbreak Observatory)
    • Agroterrorism a real threat to America’s food supply (The Hill)
    • Protecting the public’s health from diseases, disasters and bioterrorism (TFAH)
    • Canada’s biological response plan (CCDR)
    • Biological weapons threat in the spotlight (Pandora Report)

    POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

    • An infection preventionist’s take on the 2017 Bio Weapons Convention (Contagion)
    • Ebola survivors sue government of Sierra Leone over missing millions (Guardian)
    • Biothreats and WMD in the new national security strategy (MWI)
    • Legislative battles to watch: A reauthorization for PAHPRA (STAT)
    • The crime of gender inequality in global health (Foreign Policy)
    • FDA announces it won’t enforce certain FSMA rules (CIDRAP)
    • Analyzing the detection and response aspects of global health security (Contagion)
    • The future of combating terrorism and countering the use of WMD (Hudson Institute)

    MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

    • Philippines fines Sanofi, suspends clearance for Dengvaxia (Reuters)
    • Nontraditional products in development to combat bacterial infections (PEW)
    • Brazil expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth with vaccination (Reuters)
    • WHO prequalifies typhoid vaccine (OH&S)

    SELECT AGENTS

    • A discussion of Ebola virus and BSL4 containment (ASM)
    • Ecologic features of plague outbreak areas, DRoC (EID)
    • Single amino acid change in Marburg glycoprotein attenuates virus (mSphere)
    • Small molecule oligosaccharyltransferase inhibitor with pan-flaviviral activity (NCBI)
    • Toward national clinical guidelines for botulism (Oxford Academic)

    OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

    • Flu counts jump as 46 states report widespread activity (CIDRAP)
    • E. coli deaths linked to romaine lettuce, officials say (NY Times)
    • As H5N6 hits more poultry, researchers test threat of earlier strain (CIDRAP)
    • Severe flu brings medicine shortages, packed ERs (LA Times)

    RESEARCH & TECH

    • Decoding the geometry of viruses could lead to better vaccines (Wired)
    • Genome database resource with visualization and analysis tools (ViPR)

    SPECIAL INTEREST

    • CDC to brief the public on responding to a nuclear attack (Defense One)
    • Long-term consequences of the global 1918 influenza pandemic (CINCH)
    • Of rats and men: Poussin’s plague at Ashdod (EID)
    • Citizen science: Your computer can volunteer, too (Discover)
    • GMU Biodefense Master’s Open House Feb 21 (GMU)
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