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Biodefense Headlines – April 30, 2026

News Scan April 30, 2026

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…

BugSeq Awarded BARDA DRIVe Funding to Develop Next-Gen Diagnostics for Any Respiratory RNA Virus

Design Phase Kicks Off for New $750M Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Opens Grant Program to Shore Up Avian Flu Biosecurity

Congenital Syphilis Continues a Decade-Long Surge Across the US

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

New Research on Building Blocks of Poxviruses Could Lead to Antiviral Drugs

We’ll See More ‘Hybrids’ Like Omicron XE as COVID Continues to Evolve

NIAID Funding Available for Biocontainment Facility Improvements

NIH Awards $3M Grant to Albany Med for Plague Vaccine Development

Bird Flu is Killing Millions of Chickens and Turkeys Across the US

Troubling Trends in Physician Vaccine Confidence in the United States

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Long COVID Leaves Newly Disabled People Facing Old Barriers

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Nominate Experts for National Academies’ Committee to Counter Misleading Information about Biological Threats

‘Test and Treat’ is Being Used to Tackle HIV. Why Not TB?

Northwestern University Researchers Develop Nanoparticle Vaccine Platform

Will the BA.2 Subvariant Cause Another Wave of Infections in the US?

As New Zealand Relaxes Restrictions, Steps Can Still Be Taken to Limit COVID Infections

Biodefense Headlines – April 30, 2026