This week’s topics include restructuring of ASPR, anti-vaccine leadership at NIH, the UK’s new pathogen priority research targets list, and data on a post-exposure treatment for filoviruses. FEATURED Trump Administration…

Study Details Evolution of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

A Surge of Norovirus Outbreaks on Ships and on Land

Scientists Discover Novel Jeilongvirus, Thanks to Pepper the Cat

Pathogens

MGB Biopharma Receives 6.4M to Advance Novel Antibacterial

Ebola Outbreak ‘Out of All Proportion’

Racing Ahead of Disease Outbreaks: $12M in Grants Awarded

Ebola Paper Demonstrates Disease Transmission Rate

New Compound Inhibits Enzyme Crucial to MERS and SARS

Scientists Reveal Cell Secret Potentially Useful For Vaccines

Antimicrobial Strategy Silences Resistant Gene in Pathogens

H3N8 Found in Harbor Seals Poses a Threat To Humans

Are Current Respiratory Infection Controls for Ebola Unnecessary?

New Gene Therapy Effective for Botulism

MERS: Low Transmissibility, Dangerous Illness

Cancer-Fighting Drugs Might Also Stop Malaria Early

U.S. Government Accelerates Ebola Vaccine Trials

Navy Malaria Research in Peru

WSU Flu Outbreak Provides Rare Study Material

Ebola Planning vs. Ebola Risk

Key to Universal Flu Vaccine: Embrace the Unfamiliar

Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo Possibly Different Strain

Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Available for Military

Improved Animal Model Established for MERS-CoV

Biodefense Headlines – 31 March 2025