News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week’s selections include enhanced surveillance for clade I mpox cases, water leakage at Fukushima nuclear station, the DoD’s new AI supercomputer to boost biodefense capabilities, and a…

Pandemic Accord Negotiations Fall Short, Outcomes to Be Shared at World Health Assembly

IFPMA Statement on the 9th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for a Pandemic Agreement

Pandemic Agreement: MSF Statement on Revised Draft of Negotiating Text

Policy + Initiatives

Provide Feedback on Federal DURC Biosafety Oversight of Potential Pandemic Pathogens

HHS Awards $600M to 12 Manufacturers to Bolster COVID-19 Test Supply Chain

Healthcare Workers Express Outrage at Flawed CDC Mask Guidance

Setting National Standards for Critical and Emerging Biotechnology

The Painful Pandemic Lessons Facing the New CDC Director

DOD Biodefense Posture Review Released

Canada’s Fragmented COVID-19 Response Lost the Public’s Trust

Senator Murray Applauds Launch of White House Pandemic Preparedness Office

ASM Responds to Senate Markup of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act

New Tool Navigates Legal Landscape for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Political Interference: White House Launches Framework to Protect Scientific Integrity

Much of the CDC is Working Remotely. That Could Make Changing the Agency Difficult.

State Department Sanctions Syrian Military Officials for Role in Ghouta Sarin Attack

New Framework for Livestock Disease Indemnity Valuation Proposed by USDA

White House to Award $52.9 Million to Virginia Biotech Authority

Texas Biomed Tapped for National ‘Dream Team’ Developing Antivirals Against Biothreats

A Treaty to Break the Pandemic Cycle: Don’t Ignore Key Lessons from the Past Two Years

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

New GAO Report Addresses Nation’s Biodefense Programmatic Challenges

Medical Countermeasures Surge Capacity Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate

Biodefense Headlines – 18 August 2024

8th World One Health Congress

Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Meeting

Virtual AMR Codeathon

Pandemics, Climate, Conflict: Preventing Future Shocks

Pandemic Preparedness: Achievements, Current Challenges, and New Frontiers