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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…

Unique Structure of African Swine Fever Virus Enzyme May Allow Drug Development

US-Mexico Cooperative Agreement for Biosurveillance and Laboratory Capacity

Hygiena to Acquire Dupont Food Safety Diagnostics Business

DHS Backs Development of Livestock Disease Outbreak Readiness Program

Agroterrorism and Biosecurity Focus of Bipartisan Policy Center Event

FDA Contract Supports Ricin Detection in Food Samples

National Veterinary Stockpile for Agro-Defense

Food Safety: PulseNet’s 20-Year History of Saving Lives

FDA Backs State-Level Food Protection Rapid Response Teams

Contract Extension to BBI Research for Biodefense Assays

CDC Revamps Foodborne Outbreak Database

FDA Food Safety Challenge Winners Announced

Expanding FDA’s Produce Safety and Instructor Skills Training

USDA Awards Contract for Aflatoxin Tests to Charm Sciences

Funding for Food Protection Rapid Response Teams

Guelph Researchers Create Point-of-Need Avian Flu Diagnostic

USDA Awards 19M in Food Safety Grants

Air Force Funds Research for Water Purification

Technology Traces Both Aerosolized Threats and Contaminated Food

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for Norovirus Diagnostic

Biodefense Headlines – 13 July 2025