Biodefense Headlines

Feature by Stephanie Lizotte, Global Bio Defense

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense.

This week’s selections include early lessons from Uganda’s Ebola vaccine trial; emergency supply chain preparedness critical needs; variant accommodation in exhaled breath vapor diagnostics; and antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 subvariants.

POLICY + GOVERNMENT

It’s Far From Certain We’ll See a Pandemic Response Overhaul

Partisan bickering has stalled more covid aid for roughly nine months. A pair of key senators are lobbying hard for their bipartisan plan to tackle future pandemics to pass before the end of the year — a package that’s viewed as a down payment on what’s needed. Prospects for sweeping bipartisan legislation next year are dim amid a split Congress and a pandemic that polarized the country. This comes after years of warnings from oversight agencies and experts that the country was ill-equipped to tackle a major public health threat. Washington Post

EU Breaks With US to Plan Budget Support to Uganda for Ebola Response

The European Commission is preparing to send €7 million ($7.4 million) to the Ugandan finance ministry to help fight Ebola, contradicting the approach of other donor

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