Health Security News – Global Biodefense

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…

USAMRIID Awards Select Agent Research Reagents Contract

Illumina Acquires Edico Genome to Accelerate NGS Data Analysis

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

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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

PATH, Mologic Team Up for Rapid Diagnostic to Support Malaria Elimination

Nerve Agent Therapeutics, CRISPR Oversight, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

Disease Outbreak Myths, Strengthening One Health, National Stockpile Oversight

NIAID Virology Quality Assurance Program

Screening Pentagon Mail and Parcels for Biothreats

Anti-Ricin Monoclonal Antibody Licensed for Development

Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025