A Pneumonia Outbreak Associated with a New Coronavirus of Probable Bat Origin
NOTE: The following paper (.pdf) is undergoing accelerated peer-review. Abstract follows: Since the SARS outbreak 18 years ago, a large ...
Tag: Magazine Edition 6 Feb 2020
These articles also appear in the Global Biodefense Magazine – 6 February 2020 edition.
Health Officials Confirm Second Case of Coronavirus in Bay Area
The Santa Clara Public Health Department said today that a second case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Bay Area ...
BARDA Seeks Input from Suppliers on Potential SARS-CoV-2 Medical Countermeasures
To support U.S. government medical countermeasure research and development in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Biomedical Advanced Research Development ...
Declaration of Public Health Emergency Clears Path for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Rapid Diagnostic
On January 30, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public ...
Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency for United States for 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency for the entire United States to aid ...
U.S. Senators Demand WHO Give Taiwan Critical Coronavirus Information
A group of Republican Senators, led by Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), today sent a letter to World Health Organization Director-General ...
Coronavirus and Brexit: UK Must Act Quickly Before Being Shut out of Europe’s Health Protection System
The threat posed by 2019-nCoV and the fragmentation of existing health protection systems caused by Brexit call for urgent assessment ...
CureVac and CEPI Extend Their Cooperation to Develop a Vaccine Against COVID-19
CureVac AG, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based drugs, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ...
Washington State Preparing for Possible Coronavirus Repatriation Flights
Karina Shagren with Washington state's Emergency Management Division says the state is assessing airfields, housing and resources that could accommodate ...
Roche Donates Diagnostics, Medical Supplies for 2019-nCoV
Roche statement on 2019-nCoV (novel coronavirus) Basel, 31 January 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a Public Health ...
UK Chief Medical Officer Confirms Cases of Coronavirus in England
In a 31 January statement, Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty confirmed two cases of novel coronavirus in England. "We ...
UPS To Airlift More Than 2 Million Masks And Protective Gear To China
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS, announced today it is providing free air transportation of ...
Mammoth Biosciences Raises $45 Million to Build Next Generation CRISPR Products For Therapeutics and Diagnostics
Mammoth Biosciences, the company behind the world’s first CRISPR-based disease detection platform, today announced an oversubscribed round of $45 million ...
AbCellera is Mobilizing a Response to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak as Part of its DARPA P3 Program
AbCellera confirms that it is mobilizing its pandemic response platform against the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originating ...
UNICEF Ships 6 Metric Tons of Supplies to Support China’s Response to Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
On 28 January 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark, protective equipment is loaded on a truck at UNICEF’s global supply hub in ...
Perspectives from Kenya and Ghana on Novel Coronavirus Preparations
Countries across the world have heightened their disease surveillance systems and, in some cases, issued travel advisories. These experts from ...
DoD: Take Common Sense Measures Against Novel Coronavirus
With news of the contagious and potentially deadly illness known as novel coronavirus grabbing headlines worldwide, military health officials say ...
