Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits $10 Million to Global Response to 2019-nCoV
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it is immediately committing $10 million in emergency funds and corresponding ...
Tag: Magazine Edition 28 Jan 2020
These articles also appear in the Global Biodefense Magazine – 28 January 2020 edition.
Free On-Demand Course: Detection, Prevention, Response and Control of Emerging Respiratory Viruses
The World Health Organization is offering a free on-demand (self-paced) course providing a general introduction to nCoV and emerging respiratory ...
Patient Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus in Orange County in 3rd Documented Case in U.S.
Public health officials in Orange County have confirmed California's first case of the deadly coronavirus, after confirmation test results were ...
Toronto Public Health Reports First Presumptive Confirmed Case of Novel Coronavirus
Toronto Public Health (TPH) has received notification of Toronto's first presumptive confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a resident who ...
CDC Seasonal Flu Surveillance Update: 15 Million Illnesses, 140K Hospitalizations and 8,200 Deaths
The Influenza Division at CDC collects, compiles and analyzes information on influenza activity year-round in the United States. FluView, a weekly ...
Scientists Call for More Transparency from Federal Government on ‘Risky Pathogen’ Research
U.S. officials are weighing the benefits and risks of proposed experiments that might make a dangerous pathogen even worse — ...
Sirnaomics Advances RNAi-Based Prophylactics and Therapeutics to Battle SARI Caused by 2019-nCoV
Sirnaomics Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company in discovery and development of novel RNAi therapeutics, announced today that it has mobilized ...
Battelle Awarded DARPA SIGMA+ Contract for Biological Threat Sensors
Battelle Memorial Institute has been awarded a $7,483,871 contract option for further research and development of an advanced networked biological ...
NEJM: Report on China CDC Rapid Response Team Investigation of Novel Coronavirus
11 On December 31, 2019, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) dispatched a rapid response team ...
CEPI to Fund Development of Multiple Candidate Vaccines Against the Novel Coronavirus
CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, today announced the initiation of three programmes to develop vaccines against the novel ...
Inovio Selected by CEPI to Develop Vaccine Against New Coronavirus
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has awarded Inovio a grant of up to ...
Novel Coronavirus R0 1.4-2.5 According to Preliminary Estimates
After the announcement of new containment measures in Wuhan on 22 January, the Director-General asked the Emergency Committee to reconvene ...
WHO Panel Puts Off Decision on Declaration of PHEIC
After two days of deliberations, the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee was divided on whether to declare a an ...
Coronavirus Deaths Are So Far Mostly Older Men, Many With Previous Health Issues
China’s health commission today released the most complete details to date about the 17 confirmed deaths from the disease. An ...
Boston Hospital Only New England Center Designated to Treat Ebola Patients
As part of a recent training session, staff members at the Center for Disaster Medicine in Boston trained on a ...
MERS Coronavirus Antibodies in Bactrian and Hybrid Camels from Dubai
Previous published serological studies showed that sera of Bactrian camels were all negative for MERS-CoV antibodies, suggesting that Bactrian camels ...
Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Washington State Resident
Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a Snohomish County ...
MSF Update on Ebola Frontline Response
Medical facilities, personnel and patients have continued to be the targets of violent attacks, with an increase in attacks and ...
Joint Call to Action on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: 7 Recommendations for Readiness
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, World Economic Forum and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have issued 7 recommendations ...
Hundreds Dead as Yemen Flu Outbreak Spreads
The World Health Organization (WHO) sought to allay fears about the presence of swine flu in Yemen after the war-torn ...
