Global Biodefense

News on pathogens and preparedness for public health emergencies. Health security, rapid diagnostics, CBRN medical countermeasures.

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

This is our last tweet. Join us on the Threads or visit our website. So long and thanks for all the fish.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

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

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak in Washington State https://t.co/Th9ejZ0dag

[Tom Inglesby, MD @T_Inglesby]

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

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

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. https://t.co/yBCYVFT42Q

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

Art of the Kill: Designing and Testing Viral Inactivation Procedures for Highly Pathogenic Negative Sense RNA Viruses https://t.co/byzwB5CPR9

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Neglected Zoonotic Diseases: Advances in the Development of Cell-Penetrating and Antimicrobial Peptides against Leishmaniosis and Chagas Disease https://t.co/RntEoGRgFH

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Immunogenicity of poxvirus-based vaccines against Nipah virus - Scientific Reports https://t.co/yZoh31gx6x

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National Security Memorandum on Strengthening the Security and Resilience of United States Food and Agriculture https://t.co/X5Pa3hteGo

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A Novel Triple Reassortment H3N8 Avian Influenza Virus: Characteristics, Pathogenicity, and Transmissibility https://t.co/AsMOfKy77i

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NIAID Awards Multiple Contracts for Radiation Medical Countermeasures and Biodosimetry Device https://t.co/IJBSoOpyYY

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

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. https://t.co/6jKA8OFhIS

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

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 https://t.co/xyybn2sV1z

[Stephen Goldstein @stgoldst]

Only thing to say about this is simply that it’s gibberish

[Global Biodefense @GlobalBioD]

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on profiles of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria in hospital wastewater https://t.co/1mAAlmMWNv

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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 https://t.co/XzO4fwgELa

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Where do viruses hide in the human body? | The BMJ https://t.co/mjZ6rkFN3l

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Broad Sarbecovirus Neutralizing Antibodies Obtained by Computational Design and Synthetic Library Screening | Journal of Virology https://t.co/1CTXXlpgxX

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Therapeutic Benefits of Stem Cells and Exosomes for Sulfur-Mustard-Induced Tissue Damage https://t.co/w2U4Ajc7Zp #CBRNE #MCM

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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 https://t.co/QaUdPIaLSz

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IL-1R2-based biomarker models predict melioidosis mortality independent of clinical data https://t.co/zwJ0crWbDP