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…

Malaria Prevention Licensing Opportunity: mAbs That Target Sporozoites

New Virus Characterization Center Will Conduct Sweeping Study of Human Viruses

Lassa Fever Vaccine Study Supports Advancement to Phase I Trial

Research

An Inside Look at How Ebola Virus Replicates Inside Cells

Parasites of Viruses Drive Superbug Evolution

Promising Results of Next-Generation Intranasal COVID-19 Booster Vaccine

Scientists Design Molecule to Slow SARS-Cov-2 Infection

Influenza Proteins Tilt and Wave in ‘Breath-like’ Motions

DARPA Selects Teams to Develop Vaccine Durability Prediction Model

How Organ-on-a-chip Models Could Grease the Drug Development Pipeline

New Virus Discovered in Swiss Ticks

Bat Virus Receptor Studies Vital to Predict Spillover Risk

Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations and Pathogen Transmission

NIH Grant Will Expand National Swine Resource and Research Center

Stem Cell Research Gives New Clues on Ebola Virus Damage to Organs

Adverse Events After Simultaneous COVID-19 mRNA Booster, Flu Vaccination

Poxvirus Proteins Enable Early Strike on Immune Defences

Targeting Poxviruses with Messenger RNA Technology

Send in the Blow Flies: Using Insects to Sample Areas for Chemical Warfare Agents

Johns Hopkins: Chemical in Leafy Greens May Slow Growth of Coronaviruses

Radiation Countermeasures: Q-3-R Alleviates Radiation-Induced Lung Inflammation and Fibrosis

Particles Carrying Viruses Likely Travel Farther Than Previously Thought

Bucknell Researchers Head to Uganda to Study African Bats’ Immune Response to Ebola Virus

Biodefense Headlines – 31 March 2025

Assessing Research Security Efforts in Higher Education

International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025