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Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025

News Scan July 13, 2025

This week’s topics include cuts to CDC and USAID that threaten global biodefense, breakthrough vaccines for Nipah and CCHF, and confirmation of airborne H5N1 transmission in mammals. Also: Rwanda’s rapid…

Study Reveals Potential for Sexual Transmission of Lassa Virus in Natural Rodent Reservoirs

Politics Over Patients? FDA’s Ban on Overseas Sample Processing Undermines U.S. Biomedicine

Stalled Progress: AMR Advisory Council Cancellation Raises Alarm Amid Federal Inaction

Toward Zero Rabies Deaths by 2030: One Health Strategies Show Path Forward

Standardizing Wildlife Disease Data for Global Health Security

ACIP Overhaul Raises Alarm Among Health Experts

Why Eliminating EPA’s Research Arm Endangers Public Health and U.S. Competitiveness

Ebola as a Bioweapon: Rethinking Preparedness in an Age of Converging Threats

DARPA’s PROSE Program Aims to Revolutionize Protein Sequencing

Cracking the Code to Contain African Swine Fever in the U.S.

Enzyme-Based Anthrax Therapy Shows Promise in Preclinical Trials

DHS FY 2026 Budget Dissolves CWMD Office Amid Structural Overhaul

U.S. Army Medical Lab Strengthens CBRN Collaboration in South Korea

Novel Oral Chitosan-Based Compound Shows Promise for Radiological Emergency Response

Critical Gaps in Prehospital Readiness for CBRN Threats: A Wake-Up Call for Emergency Health Systems

High Stakes in Sichuan: A Decade of Deadly H5N6 Infections Raises Urgency for Avian Influenza Control

Single-Dose VSV Vaccine Fully Protects Mice Against Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

Last Look: Critical Ebola Research from Now-Closed NIAID BSL-4 Lab

Precision Pathogen Detection: Argonaute Powers a New Era of Biosensing

Tracking the Threat: How a New H5N1 Virus Variant Took Hold Across Europe

Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025