Two leading influenza experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have published new commentary on how the evolution of proteins found on the surfaces of flu viruses has [Read more]
Rapidly rising global poultry numbers, along with selective breeding and production techniques which have dramatically altered the bodies of chickens and other poultry, have made the planet more “infectible”, says Professor Stephen [Read more]
Saint Louis University is studying an investigational vaccine for bird flu as part of the federal government’s efforts to prepare for a global influenza pandemic. Funded by the National Institutes of Health [Read more]
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published an updated assessment of the risk to humans from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) viruses. This year Hungary, Austria, Germany, [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including pandemic simulations, Canada’s anthrax vaccine stockpile, animal feed biosecurity, and CRISPR’s promise for better animal models. BIOPREPAREDNESS Assessing the epidemic potential of [Read more]
Scientists led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh recently published findings from analysis of how H5N8 avian influenza spread around the world following outbreaks in South Korea that began in early [Read more]
The 2009 swine H1N1 flu pandemic — responsible for more than 17,000 deaths worldwide — originated in pigs from a very small region in central Mexico, a research team headed by investigators [Read more]
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including the life science – biodefense complex, local public health bracing for Zika, and clinical management of Ebola in children. POLICY & PRACTICES [Read more]
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have discovered a mechanism by which Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) hijacks the host machinery to cause infection. This mechanism offers a new approach toward developing countermeasures against this [Read more]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services, National Veterinary Stockpile (NVS) is the nation’s repository of critical veterinary supplies and equipment. It exists because of concerns [Read more]
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