2020 NIAID Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement
Consider submitting a proposal through the 2020 NIAID Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) if you can carry out research supporting program objectives ...
Tag: Magazine Edition 6 Feb 2020
These articles also appear in the Global Biodefense Magazine – 6 February 2020 edition.
Influenza Data Processing and Outreach
If your small business has strong experience with scientific data processing and outreach, consider sending a contract proposal to establish ...
New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations in Flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists ...
Insilico Medicine Publishes Molecular Structures for Key Protein Target of SARS-CoV-2
Insilico Medicine announced today that it will publish structures of small molecules targeting the key protein SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV) 3C-like ...
Steroids Could Do More Harm Than Good in Treating Coronavirus
Steroids should be avoided in the treatment of the current novel coronavirus, experts have advised. A commentary article published in The ...
CMS Issues Guidance for Healthcare Facility Coronavirus Threat Preparedness
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced steps to ensure America’s health care facilities and clinical laboratories ...
Antibody Mixture May Help Block Ebola Virus Infection
A research team led by scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has developed an antibody mixture that in animals is ...
Streamlined EZ-BAA Released for COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the opening of an Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) ...
NOSI – Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants, CRADAs to Support COVID-19 Response
A Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) was issued on Feb. 6 to highlight the urgent need for research on the ...
CDC Novel Coronavirus Diagnostic Ships Out to Public Health Labs
The CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel is ready for distribution to qualified laboratories for detection of 2019 ...
Why is the Defense Department Withholding Funding for USAMRIID and CCDC Chemical Biological Center?
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin as well as Congressmen David Trone, Dutch Ruppersberger, Jamie Raskin, and ...
HHS, Regeneron Collaborate to Develop COVID-19 Treatment Using VelociSuite Technology
To develop therapeutics to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the newly emerging coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The U.S. Department of Health ...
CEPI Launches New Call for Proposals to Develop Vaccines Against Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV
CEPI has opened a call for proposals to rapidly develop and manufacture a proven vaccine approach that can be used ...
First-Ever Therapeutic Antibody Cocktail for Sudan Virus Shows Promise in Animal Studies
Army scientists working with partners from industry and academia have developed an experimental treatment that protects animals from Sudan virus, ...
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for the First 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diagnostic
The U.S Food and Drug Administration today announced issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) to enable emergency use of ...
Report on Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus Based on Faulty Information
A paper published on 30 January in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) about the first four people in Germany infected with a ...
Shutdown of PREDICT Infectious Disease Program Challenged by Senators Warren and King
United States Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
Barragán Calls for FBI Investigation into Misinformation Intentionally Spread About Coronavirus
Today, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán called for a full FBI investigation into those who intended to cause public panic by ...
CDC Comments on Quarantine of Personnel Repatriated from Wuhan to U.S.
The Department of State is bringing more people back from Wuhan. The first plane arrived last week. More are planned. Over the weekend ...
Seqirus’ Pandemic Flu Vaccine Approved: Next Generation Technology Strengthens Preparedness
Seqirus, a global leader in influenza prevention and pandemic response, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
