Health Security News – Global Biodefense

Biodefense Headlines – 1 June 2025

News Scan June 1, 2025

This week’s topics include a global call from top virologists to prepare now for a potentially catastrophic bird flu pandemic, and stark warnings that weakening America’s biodefense—through Trump-era cuts and…

U.S. Army Seeks Continuation of Forum on Microbial Threats

Combatting Cybercrime is Critical for Life Science Companies

Biodefense Headlines – Auditing the WHO Pandemic Flu Framework, Realities of Global Health Security

Pandemics, Personnel, and Politics: How the Trump Administration is Leaving Us Vulnerable to the Next Outbreak

Monoclonal Antibody Cures Late-Stage Marburg Infection in Monkeys

DTRA Seeks Laboratory Services for WMD Stand-Off Detection Testing

RFI – Accreditation of Pentagon Force Protection Agency CBRNE Laboratory

Battelle and Nanotherapeutics Form Alliance to Accelerate Medical Countermeasures Development

Biodefense Headlines – Mumps Outbreaks Spiking, Chemical Inactivation of B. anthracis, Rats Sniff Out Tuberculosis

CDC Contract to Africa Biosystems Supports Zika Surveillance in Kenya

Mathematical Modeling for the Subtyping of PulseNet Pathogens

Developing Cellular Therapies for Treatment of Radiation Injuries

Medical Countermeasure Nonclinical Studies Network Contract Awards

Biodefense Headlines – March 26, 2017

Battelle Hosting Live-Agent Permeation Test Week

Princeton Researchers Develop Yellow Fever Virus Replication Tracking Technique

CNN to Debut ‘Unseen Enemy’ Special on Pandemics

Study: Interferon Drug for Treatment of Ebola Virus Disease

Biodefense Headlines – Global Pandemic Preparedness, Novel Orthopox Infection, Triggers of Ebola Virus Spillover

2009 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Strategy Worked, But Effectiveness Varied By Age Group

Biodefense Headlines – 1 June 2025