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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…

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There’s No Such Thing as Just-in-Time Healthcare and Public Health Preparedness

Inflammatix Wins BARDA Backing for Diagnostic to Rapidly Distinguish Bacterial from Viral Infections

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

Carb-X Funds Techulon’s Rapidly Adaptable Nano Therapeutic in Fight Against Drug Resistant Bacteria

Diagnosing Sepsis in Minutes: Cytovale Raises $15 Million in Financing

Debiopharm Progresses in Their Stand Against Drug-Resistant N. gonorrhoeae

Cutting Edge Chemical and Biological Defense Science: Hot Topics at CBD S&T 2019

BioFactura’s Smallpox Biodefense Therapeutic Awarded $67M BARDA Contract

Is There a Role For the BWC in Oversight of Lab-Created Potential Pandemic Pathogens?

Lawmakers Seek Answers on USAMRIID Shutdown, BioDetection 21 Capabilities

Project BioShield: Building a Better Medical Countermeasure Pipeline

Silverlon Wound Dressings Cleared by FDA for Injuries Caused by Mustard Gas

Detecting Infection Before Symptoms Occur by Monitoring the Vagus Nerve

BARDA Exercises First Option in Transition from BioThrax to AV7909 Anthrax Vaccine

Dispelling Tick Bioweapon Rumors, ASF Impact on Biosecurity, Eliminating Rinderpest Stocks

In Fight Against Superbugs, BARDA Looks to Shore Up National Stockpile Countermeasures

BARDA Extends Strategic Partnership with JLABS

Biodefense Summit: Implementing the National Biodefense Strategy

Why the Scientific Debate Over a UW Bird Flu Study Isn’t Going Away

Attack on Ebola Treatment Center, Marburg Virus Vaccine Funding, Mumps Outbreak

Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025