News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week’s selections include the largest ever outbreak of mpox in the DRC; launch of National Wastewater Surveillance Program dashboard; low uptake of COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines;…

Virginia Tech Lab Selected for National Partnership to Fight Emerging Diseases

APHIS Announces Funding for Tribes to Support Animal Disease Preparedness and Response

USDA APHIS Announces Partnership to Improve Early Detection of Emerging Animal Diseases

Biosecurity

Committee to Examine Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease

What Happens When Ancient Pathogens Are Released From Melting Ice?

Intelligence Report Says Safety Training at Wuhan Lab Before the Pandemic Appears Routine

DARPA Pursues Advanced Threat-Detection for Crop Defense

New Framework for Livestock Disease Indemnity Valuation Proposed by USDA

HPAI Concerns Prompt U.S. Restrictions on Hunter Harvested Wild Bird Game Meat from Canada

Consider Farmers at Individual Level When Controlling Livestock Disease Outbreaks

Supplemental Funding for Research at NIAID Regional Biocontainment Laboratories

Design Phase Kicks Off for New $750M Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Grant Program to Shore Up Avian Flu Biosecurity

NIAID Funding Available for Biocontainment Facility Improvements

Bird Flu is Killing Millions of Chickens and Turkeys Across the US

Nominate Experts for National Academies’ Committee to Counter Misleading Information about Biological Threats

Call for Nominations: Cyberbiosecurity in Southeast Asia – Preventing Harmful Exploitation of Biological Data

4 Essential Reads to Understand Russia’s False Claims About Biological Weapons in Ukraine

U.S. Government to Conduct Sweeping Review of Biosecurity Policy Frameworks

In Pictures: Veterinary Civic Action Program in Niger

Submit Comments on Draft Policy Statement for BSL-4 Laboratory Verification

Bucknell Researchers Head to Uganda to Study African Bats’ Immune Response to Ebola Virus

WSU Animal Disease Lab Awarded Funding to Improve Early Detection of Outbreaks in Animals

Biodefense Headlines – 30 November 2023

Meeting the Moment: Biodefense Policy, Procurement, and Public Health

AMR One Health Priority Research Agenda: Transmission

2024 Fungal Genetics Conference

ASPPH 2024 Annual Meeting