Health Security News – Global Biodefense

Biodefense Headlines – 1 June 2025

News Scan June 1, 2025

This week’s topics include a global call from top virologists to prepare now for a potentially catastrophic bird flu pandemic, and stark warnings that weakening America’s biodefense—through Trump-era cuts and…

Ebola Border Checks, World Health Assembly, Nipah Virus Outbreak

NBAF to Realign from Homeland Security to USDA

Growing Resistance to Antifungals a Threat to Human Health and Food Security

MERS-CoV: Clinical Trial Starts for Regeneron’s Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Experimental MERS Antibody Therapeutics Enter Clinical Trial

FDA Streamlines Regulation of N95 Respirators

USAMRIID Awards Select Agent Research Reagents Contract

Illumina Acquires Edico Genome to Accelerate NGS Data Analysis

AgroDefense, D.I.Y. Gene Editing, Historical Reflections

Did You Miss the ‘Epidemics Going Viral’ Event? Access the Free Archive

Army Developing Implantable Sustained-Release Malaria Countermeasure

Disease Surveillance and Research Services in West Africa for NAMRU-3

NIAID Backs Small-Molecule Radiation Modulator

NIH Awards Contract for Management of Biocontainment Facility at Fort Detrick

I Was Wrong on Ebola Response, Global Threat of Flu, DURC Policies

Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo

AIDS Runs Rampant, Threatens Entire Indigenous Population of Warao

Romaine-Linked E. coli Outbreak Enters Its Second Month

Ukraine Measles Outbreak, Critical Care Toxicology, Assessing Epidemic Forecasts

Novel Algorithm Approach to Fight the Spread of Diseases

Biodefense Headlines – 1 June 2025