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Biodefense Headlines – January 22, 2018

by Global Biodefense Staff
January 22, 2018
Ebola Particles - Headlines of the Week

Ebola Particles - Headlines of the WeekSee what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including horsepox virus synthesis, the government budget shutdown, and supply shortages as hospitals contend with flu season.

POLICY, PRACTICES & POLITICS

  • Senate votes overwhelmingly to end government shutdown (NY Times)
  • HHS contingency staffing plan for operations during shut down (HHS)
  • CDC’s flu tracking program to continue if U.S. government shuts down (Reuters)
  • What a U.S. government shutdown would mean for science (SciAm)
  • Flu response will be maintained during shutdown, officials say (STAT)
  • Delays in disease outbreak responses: lessons from H1N1, Ebola, and Zika (AJPH)
  • Senate committee advances Azar nomination as health secretary (Reuters)
  • Fauci: NIH in a ‘scramble’ to prepare for any government shutdown (STAT)

SELECT AGENTS

  • Horsepox research accentuates urgency for global action to reduce risks (NTI)
  • Synthesis of horsepox virus and the failure of dual-use research oversight (Pandora Report)
  • Horsepox virus: implications and recommendations for preventing the reemergence of smallpox (Health Security)
  • Horsepox synthesis: new approaches needed for oversight and publication review (BN)
  • Construction of horsepox virus vaccine from synthesized DNA fragments (PLOS)
  • Modified vaccinia ankara expressing Ebola virus like particles protects NHP (SciRpts)

MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES

  • Scientists move closer to a universal flu vaccine (SciAm)
  • Persian shallot ‘could help fight TB antibiotic resistance’ (BBC)
  • We need a universal flu vaccine before the next pandemic strikes (SciAm)
  • FDA approvals hit a 20-year high in 2017 (C&EN)
  • Pakistan polio: Mother and daughter killed giving vaccinations (BBC)

OUTBREAK NEWS & THREAT SURVEILLANCE

  • Flu hospitalizations climb as US season hits new heights (CIDRAP)
  • 30 children now dead from flu, CDC says (USA Today)
  • Letter sent to police barracks in Carlisle, Pa. sickens 2 troopers, staffer (Post-Gazette)
  • Parasite on the playground: roundworm eggs ingested by children (NY Times)
  • UK supermarket chickens show record levels of resistant superbugs (Guardian)
  • Travelers at O’Hare airport exposed to 2 measles cases in 2 days (Time)

RESEARCH & TECH

  • Study reveals more H1N1 deaths in those exposed to ’57 pandemic (CIDRAP)
  • New analysis strengthens link between EV-D68, poliolike complications (CIDRAP)
  • Study confirms flu spreads by aerosols, not just coughs, sneezes (CIDRAP)
  • A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil (Science)

SPECIAL INTEREST

  • Mysterious epidemic that almost wiped out Mexico finally identified (Science Alert)
  • Black Death spread by humans, vindicating rats (CNN)
  • Classic explanation for the Black Death plague is wrong, scientists say (WP)

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