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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…

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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

Biological Terrorism in Indonesia

Sexual Transmission of Dengue Reported in Spain

Hunter Contracts Bubonic Plague from Infected Rabbit, 28 People Quarantined

Innovators Gather to Defend Against Chemical and Biological Weapons

Salad Bars and Water Systems are Easy Targets for Bioterrorists – and America’s Monitoring System is Woefully Inadequate

Pakistan: Countrywide Dengue Cases Nearing 50,000

BARDA Seeks Radiological-Nuclear Medical Countermeasures Contract Research

Biodefense Headlines – April 30, 2026