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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…

Animal Models

Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains

Pigs and Ferrets Shown to Be Susceptible to Emerging H7N9 Influenza

White House Releases National Bioeconomy Blueprint

NIAID Adjuvant Discovery Program

Medicago Produces VLP Vaccine Candidate for Emerging H7N9 Virus

Chemical Threat Countermeasures Cooperative Research Projects

Harvard Medical School Closing Primate Research Center

Food System Vulnerability and Defense: Modeling the Public Health System to Recognize and Respond to Intentional Food Contamination

Sandia: New Instrument to Quickly Detect Botulinum, Ricin, Other Biothreats

Hotspot Prediction Model for Influenza Outbreaks

Industry Day for Advancing Medical Countermeasure Regulatory Science

New Tool to Estimate Pandemic Threats from Zoonotic Viruses

DHS Moves Forward on Experimental Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine

NIAID BAA for Staged HIV Vaccine Development

DHS Seeks Rapid Prototyping for CBRNE, Border and Cyber Security

Emergent BioSolutions Secures Rights to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Candidate

Bioterror Attacks, Surveillance and Social Media Analytics

Biodefense Scientist Art Friedlander Nominated for Service Award

Biodefense BAA Supports Adjuvant Development for Emerging Diseases

Army to Award Chemical Warfare Agent Research Contract to BBRI

Biodefense Headlines – 1 June 2025