Global Biodefense
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News on pathogens and preparedness for public health emergencies. Health security, rapid diagnostics, CBRN medical countermeasures.
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2011
This is our last tweet. Join us on the Threads or visit our website. So long and thanks for all the fish.
ELON MUSK: -pushes homophobic disinfo -bans journalists for no reason -promotes bigots & disinformation purveyors -sends lavish payments to right-wingers, including credibly accused human trafficker -wrecks the site -prompts exodus from the platform when he changes Twitter's logo
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3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak in Washington State
nytimes.com
Health officials said five cases of listeriosis in Puget Sound were probably caused by the same unidentified food source. All of those infected were older than 60.
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Deeply concerning House budget bill has major reductions in HHS programs, including huge cuts to programs that prepare the country for epidemics and emergencies at CDC, as well as large cuts to programs at NIH + ARPA-H - important to reconsider these as budget process moves ahead
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Biodefense Headlines: advancements in Ebola and Marburg vaccines; CSU bat research facility fighting misinformation attacks; Biden's NIH leader nomination held up by Sen. Sanders; and a podcast on the goddess of smallpox.
globalbiodefense.com
News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week's selections include progress on PAHPA extension;
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Art of the Kill: Designing and Testing Viral Inactivation Procedures for Highly Pathogenic Negative Sense RNA Viruses
mdpi.com
The study of highly pathogenic viruses handled under BSL-4 conditions and classified as Select Agents frequently involves the transfer of inactivated materials to lower containment levels for...
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Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: Advances in the Development of Cell-Penetrating and Antimicrobial Peptides against Leishmaniosis and Chagas Disease
mdpi.com
In 2020, the WHO established the road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030, which aims to control and eradicate 20 diseases, including leishmaniosis and Chagas disease. In addition, since...
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Immunogenicity of poxvirus-based vaccines against Nipah virus - Scientific Reports
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National Security Memorandum on Strengthening the Security and Resilience of United States Food and Agriculture
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A Novel Triple Reassortment H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus: Characteristics, Pathogenicity, and Transmissibility
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
An increasing number of new subtypes of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are reported to be infecting humans, including H3N2, H5N1, H7N9, H10N8, and the recently emerged H3N8 virus in China in 2022....
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NIAID Awards Multiple Contracts for Radiation Medical Countermeasures and Biodosimetry Device
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FebriDx Diagnostic Receives FDA Clearance: Rapid test can assist emergency care clinicians in differentiation of bacterial vs. viral infections to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory infections.
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UK COVID-19 Case Rates, Hospitalizations Down. People aged 85 years and over continue to have the highest hospital admission rates, though these have continued to decline this week to 8.61 per 100,000 from 22.4 per 100,000
globalbiodefense.com
While COVID-19 rates continue to be low, the virus is still in circulation. Those who are older or immunosuppressed are still at higher risk of being
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Only thing to say about this is simply that it’s gibberish
a new oped in the wsj claims that the virus’s genome points to a lab leak, not zoonotic origin https://t.co/OZHSRkn0eI
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on profiles of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria in hospital wastewater
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Bacterial and fungal superinfections are detected at higher frequency in critically ill patients affected by SARS CoV‐2 infection than negative patients and are associated to a worse outcome | Journal of Medical Virology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Patients with viral infections are at higher risk to acquire bacterial and fungal superinfections associated with a worse prognosis. We explored this critical point in the setting of patients with...
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Broad Sarbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies Obtained by Computational Design and Synthetic Library Screening | Journal of Virology
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Therapeutic Benefits of Stem Cells and Exosomes for Sulfur-Mustard-Induced Tissue Damage https://t.co/w2U4Ajc7Zp
#CBRNE #MCM
mdpi.com
Sulfur mustard (SM) is a highly toxic chemical agent that causes severe tissue damage, particularly to the eyes, lungs, and skin. Despite advances in treatment, there is a need for more effective...
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Safety and immunogenicity of a purified inactivated Zika virus vaccine candidate in adults primed with a Japanese encephalitis virus or yellow fever virus vaccine in the USA
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IL-1R2-based biomarker models predict melioidosis mortality independent of clinical data
frontiersin.org
Introduction: Melioidosis is an often-fatal tropical infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia pseudomallei, but few studies have ...
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