Health Security News – Global Biodefense

Biodefense Headlines – September 7, 2026

News Scan September 7, 2026

This week’s selections include the IAEA’s warning that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant could face a station blackout within days without restored power. They also include new case counts showing…

CDC to Award Contract to Emergent for 9 Million Doses of Smallpox Vaccine

Containing Ebola in a Conflict Zone, Algorithm vs. Animal Tox Testing, Measles Outbreak in Brazil

Landmark Ebola Study Provides Deep Scan of Therapeutic Antibody Combinations

Three Days Delving into Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and Global Health Security

New Ebola Species, Ricin and Abrin Biomarkers, Resurgence of HIV/AIDS

XDR Typhoid Spreads in Pakistan, Lyme Disease Vaccine Phase 1, Freeze-Dried Plasma Approval

Genome Damage From CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing Higher Than Thought

Crab Meat Imported from Venezuela Linked to Multistate Vibrio Outbreak

Collaboration Among BARDA, DTRA, USAMRIID and Spero to Advance SPR994

Rapid Detection of Ricin, Novichok Investigation, Melioidosis in Africa

Soligenix Receives European and Canadian Patents for Ricin Toxin Vaccine

Scientists Create 3D Structure of 1918 Influenza Virus-Like Particles

Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Funding

RFI: U.S. Army Chemical Weapons Convention Destruction Treaty Compliance

FBI Seeks Tamiflu Supplier for Pandemic Flu Preparedness Program

NIH Clinical Center Seeks Decontamination Services for Drug-Resistant Bacteria

One Victim Dies After Novichok Exposure, Other Regains Consciousness

Latch Failure Causes Tuberculosis Spill at Johns Hopkins

Perspectives on Dual Use, Yellow Fever Dose-Response Study, MERS Vaccine

Novichok Nerve Agent Identified in Amesbury Poisoning, Police Say

Biodefense Headlines – September 7, 2026