This week’s selections include cascading institutional disruptions reshaping U.S. public health and science governance — including the Trump administration’s mass firing of the National Science Board and restrictions on graduate…

Wastewater Surveillance Is Ready — But the System Connecting It to Clinicians and Communities Remains Incomplete

CDC Investigates Surge of Parasitic Illness Across 18 States as Workforce Cuts Raise Response Concerns

Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Tops 80 Cases, Concentrated in Lancaster-Lebanon Region

Public Health

USAID Global Health 2016 BAA

Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases

Angola Challenged by Worst Yellow Fever Outbreak in Decades

FDA Clears Roche’s Investigational Zika Blood Screening Test

Biosurveillance Network of Travel and Tropical Medicine Practitioners

St. Jude Presents Research on New Class of Flu Drugs

Biosafety Guidelines for Working with Zika Virus

FDA Backs State-Level Food Protection Rapid Response Teams

BARDA Seeks Single Dose Anthrax Post-Exposure Vaccine

Rutgers’ Promising Malaria Drug Starting Human Clinical Trials

State Laws Boosting Healthcare Worker Flu Vaccination Rates

MERS-CoV Less Virulent During Outbreak?

ZMapp Trial Shows Signs of Efficacy, But Data Insufficient

Zika Virus-Related Blood Supply Safety Research

Walter Reed Kicks Off Phase 1 MERS Vaccine Trial

Army Guard Doctor Gains New Experiences in Liberia

Hospital, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grants

NIH Funding Priorities for Zika Virus

Flu Tackles Super Bowl Fans

Mosquitoes Capable of Carrying Zika Adapting for Northern Climates

Biodefense Headlines – April 30, 2026