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Biodefense Headlines – 19 September 2023

News Scan September 19, 2023

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week’s selections include a global survey of gain-of-function research; funding of an mRNA mpox vaccine; Nipah virus outbreak in India; field detection of threat agents with acoustic…

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Use in British Columbia

Distrust Undermined the U.S. Pandemic Response and Continues to Erode Healthcare

Applying Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Research and Development to Future Epidemics

Health Security

Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.

Resurgent COVID-19, Flu and Other Viruses are Pushing New Zealand’s Health System to the Limit

Federal Select Agent Program Clarifies Requirements for Botulinum Neurotoxin Gene Constructs

BugSeq Awarded BARDA DRIVe Funding to Develop Next-Gen Diagnostics for Any Respiratory RNA Virus

U.S. Delivers Additional Vaccines and Freezer Trucks to Bangladesh for COVID Vaccination Efforts

The US National Blood Crisis: Supply at 10-year Low From Pandemic Disruptions

5 Strategies to Prepare Now for the Next Pandemic

BTRP Program Works to Improve Biosafety and Biosecurity in Iraq

Celdara’s Pandemic Security Initiative Introduces Scientific Advisory Board Founding Members

Scholarships Available: Earn Your Master’s in Biodefense at the Schar School

Keep Focus on Emerging Infections, Disease X: Analysts

Support the Development of the WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens List

Experts Sought for Committee on Quantum Science Applications for Biotechnology

How Pharma is Changing to Produce a Pandemic Vaccine in Rapid Time

Where in the World Will the Next Epidemic Start?

A Million Deaths From COVID-19: Experts Consider Key Questions

One of the Greatest Failures of Basic Governance in Modern Times

Smoke From Wildfires Can Worsen COVID-19 Risk, Putting Firefighters in Even More Danger

National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy: DoD Awards $125M to Goldbelt Security

Politics Slows Flow of US Pandemic Relief Funds to Public Health Agencies

Biodefense Headlines – 19 September 2023

GeoVet 2023: Interdisciplinary Geospatial Research for the One Health Era

First WHO/Europe Indoor Air Conference 2023

Government Biotechnology Innovation Summit

The Long Journey to Eliminate the Deadly U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile