The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a new contract to Emergent Biosolutions to support advanced development and delivery of its next-generation anthrax vaccine. The NuThrax vaccine (anthrax vaccine [Read more]
The total number of incidents involving incomplete inactivation—a process to destroy the hazardous effects of pathogens while retaining characteristics for future use—that occurred from 2003 through 2015 is unknown for several reasons. [Read more]
A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) used deep DNA sequencing methods to generate the anthrax genome sequence from the victims of the 1979 [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including an anthrax outbreak simulation, Ebola virus disease small molecule countermeasures, and bioterrorism threats to the water supply. BIOPREPAREDNESS UN Chief warns world [Read more]
Anthrax is a stubborn disease that has likely plagued us since ancient times. The bacteria’s ability to form spores that can survive, dormant, for years before infecting its next host makes it very difficult [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including Ebola response lessons learned, conflicting studies on FluMist, and anthrax in Siberia. POLICY & POLICTICS UN makes first public admission of blame [Read more]
Pfenex Inc. this week announced positive immunogenicity and safety data from the Day 70 analysis of the Px563L anthrax vaccine study. The results demonstrate tolerable safety and significant immunogenicity after only 2 [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including missing yellow fever vaccines, improved biosafety suits, dengue diagnostics in the U.S. military and more… BIOPREPAREDNESS WHO bungles response to Africa’s yellow [Read more]
An anthrax vaccine that could be administered in a single dose is advancing to its first clinical trial with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including CRISPR and the bioweapons convention, Biosecurity 2025, anthrax outbreak in Russia and more… BIOPREPAREDNESS Alberta NATO exercise focuses on attacks using biological, [Read more]
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