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VN Raises Warning Level for Zika Virus (
Vietnam Net) The Ministry of Health has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3--the dangerous level, Tran Dac Phu, director of the Preventive Medicine Department, announced in an urgent meeting held in Ha Noi on Monday.
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Red Cross Takes Zika Fight to the Streets (
Winn FM) The Red Cross is taking the fight against Zika to the community, and as part of its outreach will be handing out zika kits to pregnant women and newlyweds. Director General Natalie Fough, says Red Cross will make the connections through the health centers and during house to house visits.
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Biological Agents & Infectious Diseases
Hepatitis A Outbreak Count at 291; McDonald's Worker Sick (
Food Safety News) Two new confirmed cases of Hepatitis A were recorded in Hawaii in the past week, bringing the total number of people sickened to 291. And, another restaurant worker has been identified as a victim, raising concerns about the possibility of additional exposures.
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Domestic Preparedness & Response
After Matthew: The Hidden Dangers of Hurricanes (
CDC) Last week, Hurricane Matthew pounded its way through the Caribbean before bearing down on the eastern US coastline from Florida to North Carolina. Many lives and homes were tragically lost. But not all of the death and destruction happens during the storm itself.
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Government Affairs & National Security
Global Health Security
Who Will Be the Next Leader of WHO? (
goats and soda) Who will be the WHO's next director-general? In September, the UN agency announced the 6 nominees, 4 men and 2 women, ranging from a cardiologist from Pakistan to a former punk rocker from Hungary.
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Medicine & Public Health
Wartime Lessons--Shaping a National Trauma Action Plan (
The New England Journal of Medicine) Since the end of major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, analysis of the lessons learned from those wars has focused largely on the wisdom of various foreign-policy decisions, the wars' financial and human costs, and their repercussions for US national security.
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Science & Technology
Mouse Eggs Made from Skin Cells in a Dish (
Nature) In a tour de force of reproductive biology, scientists in Japan have transformed mouse skin cells into eggs in a dish, and used those eggs to birth fertile pups. The report marks the 1st creation of eggs entirely outside a mouse.
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Gene Deletion Points Way to Flu Treatment (
Science Daily) Researchers kept mice from getting the flu by removing a gene that regulates their immune system. According to the study, mice missing the gene Trim29 eliminated human influenza virus within 48 hours, protecting them from infection.
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On Patrol with America's Top Bioterror Cop (
MIT Technology Review) Know an angry graduate student working odd hours in a pathogen lab? You might want to call Edward You. As a supervisory special agent in the weapons of mass destruction directorate in the FBI's Washington, DC, headquarters, You is effectively America's top biology cop.
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