WHO experts flesh out Ebola vaccine plans

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 01, 2014As a WHO panel mapped out how to speed vaccine delivery and overcome obstacles, cases in West Africa topped 7,000 and deaths reached 3,338.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

CDC: EV-D68 found in four patients who died

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 01, 2014The CDC says it’s not clear what role EV-D68 played in the deaths, but Rhode Island reports a death due to bacterial infection.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

WHO: Switch 2 of 3 strains in 2015 flu vaccine

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsSep 26, 2014Signs of antigenic drift led the WHO to changing two of the vaccine’s strains for the Southern Hemisphere.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

US policy pushes institutions to scrutinize dual-use research

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsSep 25, 2014The new federal policy, which calls on scientists to flag their own experiments that may fall in the DURC category, was met with mixed reviews from two non-government biosecurity experts.Share Tweet Em…