This edition includes a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, the trajectory of the global H5N1 panzootic, and the public health emergency response to states hit by Hurricane Helene. FEATURED Rwanda Confirms Cases of Marburg Virus Disease, Steps Up Preventive Measures…

NIH Developing Annual Chemical Countermeasures Research Conference

Humanetics Presents BIO 300 Radiation Countermeasure Data at DoD Scientific Meeting

GigaGen Wins BARDA Contract to Develop Biothreat Countermeasures

Medical Countermeasures

Promising New ‘circRNA’ Vaccines Explored in CEPI-HMRI Collaboration

Novavax Updated Protein-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized in the UK

BARDA Funds Next Stage of CRISPR-Based Bacteriophage Therapy

Serum Institute Joins Outbreak Vaccine Capacity Building Network

ChAdOx1 Nipah Vaccine Trial Begins

Needle-Free Vaccine Patch Against Zika Virus

NanoViricides’ Phase 1 Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Highly Effective for Mpox and Smallpox

COVID Moonshot Consortium Announces Crowd-Sourced Small Molecule Discovery

Call for Experts: Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Marburg Vaccine Starts in Uganda

Novavax’s Prototype COVID-19 Vaccine Nuvaxovid Receives Full Approval in Singapore

Jurata Thin Film and CastleVax Awarded Grant to Advance Thermostabilized COVID-19 Booster

Mount Sinai to Lead Development of Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Under New Federal Grant

Smallpox Vaccines: Bavarian Nordic Awarded Another Contract to Supply EU Strategic Reserve

HHS Extends Partnership with Regeneron to Develop Life-Saving Monoclonal Antibodies

Kyasanur Forest Disease: Promising Experimental Vaccine for Rare Tick-borne Flavivirus

Humanetics to Develop First FDA Approved Drug to Prevent Radiation Injury

New Study Shows Effectiveness of Mpox Vaccine

Disease X: CEPI and University of Oxford Collaborate on Rapid Response Vaccine Technology

Chikungunya Vaccine: Health Canada Moves Forward with Valneva Review

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Pandemic Preparedness: Achievements, Current Challenges, and New Frontiers

ASTMH 2024 – American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

G20 Summit Rio 2024

Enhancing the Resilience of Healthcare and Public Health Critical Infrastructure

Frameworks Discussion for Assessing Dual-Use Potential in Bioeconomy Research