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See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the lack of U.S. leadership in the current Ebola crisis, avian influenza preparedness grants, and a rare outbreak of Nipah virus in ...

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has maintained a fellowship since 2012 that seeks to provide opportunities for biosecurity professionals and helps to broaden their careers through contacts and experiences. The ...

The use of bioweapons is not a new concept, having been employed since at least ancient Greece as a mechanism for attacking enemy populations. In the present day, cases like the Amerithrax ...

A selection of news and research updates from the team at Global Biodefense. POLICY + POLITICS UN Investigates Alleged Use of White Phosphorus in Syria The OPCW said on Friday that chemical ...

A selection of news and research updates curated by Global Biodefense. POLICY + POLITICS Troublesome Ticks: Dispelling Bioweapon Rumors In the pursuit of understanding a complex and often frustrating disease, a book ...

POLICY + POLITICS Health Security Threats are Real: What is Congress Doing? In a rare show of bipartisan agreement, Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including: biosafety considerations in Animal BSL-3 labs; transforming the Strategic National Stockpile; and U.S. hospital preparedness for high-consequence pathogens. BIOPREPAREDNESS What ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the state of Yersinia pestis diagnostics, how measles is testing the public health system, and the cholera resurgence in Yemen. ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including: NBAF high containment lab is behind schedule and over budget; Brexit's impact on biosecurity; and how advances in 3D printing, ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including: HHS funding development of a Marburg virus vaccine; expansion of extraterritorial reach of U.S. to counter WMD proliferation networks; and ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the BioWatch program's potential successor, selecting the 2019-2020 flu vaccine strains, and Ebola's return to Beni. POLICY + PRACTICES Replacing BioWatch The ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including what it's like to work in a biocontainment unit, the strain of measles outbreaks on U.S. public health labs, and North Korea's ...

Back by popular demand… the Sunday weekly wrap-up of our team picks for best reads in biodefense and health security. Send us your interesting reads by emailing editor@globalbiodefense.com or via Twitter @GlobalBioD ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the return of flu season, pandemic candidate viruses, and the ongoing Ebola outbreak. OUTBREAK NEWS + THREAT SURVEILLANCE In Hong Kong, Hepatitis ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the new U.S. National Biodefense Strategy, challenges for the Zika vaccine trial, and the DARPA Safe Genes program. POLICY + INITIATIVES Revamped ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including deployment of additional Ebola therapeutics in DRC, a green-light for Boston University's high containment laboratory, and the lingering spectre of smallpox. POLICY ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the difficulties of containing Ebola in a conflict zone, mining data to predict toxicological properties, and measles spreading to Brazil from the ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including discovery of a new species of Ebola virus in bats, new assay for quantifying abrin and ricin in blood, and the resurgence ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including research on rapid detection of ricin toxin, the ongoing Novichok investigation, the value of mosquito surveillance programs, and the polio outbreak in ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the tuberculosis crisis in North Korea, Dual Use Research of Concern, combination antibiotic treatments, and a successful MERS vaccine Phase I study. ...