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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…

Interview: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on 8 years of Combating WMD Terrorism

Samoa Measles Outbreak: Death Toll Rises To 53, Mostly Children

Investigational Drugs Reduce Risk of Death from Ebola Virus Disease

There’s No Such Thing as Just-in-Time Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness

New Mobile Lab Born Out of Scientists’ Frustration During Ebola Outbreak

Osama bin Laden’s “Anthrax Scientist” Freed by Malaysia

OPCW Defends Syria Attack Conclusions After Document Leaks

Threat Detection in Your Pocket

Inflammatix Wins BARDA Backing for Diagnostic to Rapidly Distinguish Bacterial from Viral Infections

British Nationals Evacuated from Sierra Leone for Lassa Fever Contact Monitoring

Can Pro-Vaccine Bills Save Us From Ourselves?

Pakistan First Country to Introduce New Typhoid Vaccine to Fight Resistant Strain

Sensationalist Accounts of Outbreaks are Dangerous

CDC Approves Partial Resumption of USAMRIID Select Agent Research

Arctic Ice Melt Lets Deadly PDV Disease Spread from Atlantic

Meet the New Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility

It’s An Exciting Time to Be a Microbiologist

Deforestation Leading to More Infectious Diseases in Humans

Spike in Violence May Jeopardize Ending Ebola in Congo

Indiana Hospital Failed to Properly Disinfect Surgical Tools

Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025