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…

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

Policy + Initiatives

NDAA Amendment Proposes Further Scale Up of PPE and Diagnostic Supplies

UK Merger Watchdog Releases Analysis of Past Acquisition Attempt of PacBio by Illumina

CDC Launches National Viral Genomics Consortium to Better Map SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

NIAID Strategic Plan Details COVID-19 Research Priorities

SAFE Act Introduced to Improve Strategic National Stockpile

Massachusetts Gov. Proposes New Legislation to Mitigate Threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, West Nile Virus

Senators Urge CDC to Establish System for Prioritization of COVID-19 Tests

Senators Press White House for Answers on Mismanagement of the Strategic National Stockpile

Senator Murray Offers Roadmap to Dramatically Expand Testing Capacity Nationwide

DOD Biological Threat Reduction Program Should Be Part of a New Interagency Mechanism to Coordinate Efforts to Prevent Biological Threats

U.S. Efforts to Build Low-Cost Ventilators Hit Industry Resistance Over the Past Decade

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely to Haunt Nation for Months to Come

Coronavirus Pandemic Bond Payouts Likely to Be Held Up By Fine Print

Senator Murray Asks Government Watchdog to Investigate Novel Coronavirus Testing Missteps

Congressional Leaders on Ways and Means Ask IRS to Reconsider Tax Deadline Given Coronavirus Crisis

Senator Markey Introduces Legislation to Invest $1 Billion in Universal Coronavirus Vaccine

Now Is the Time to Resource the Public Health Emergency Fund

U.S. to Ramp Up Mask Production, But China is Bottleneck for Raw Materials

FDA Issues Flexible New Policy to Help Expedite Availability of COVID-19 Diagnostics

Senator Collins Urges Administration to Strengthen Response to Coronavirus

Biodefense Headlines – 19 September 2023

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