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Senate panel approves $2 billion raise for NIH in 2016

(Science) The draft bill approved by the Senate appropriations panel that oversees NIH’s budget would give the agency twice the $1 billion proposed by the Obama administration and $900 million more than the corresponding House panel, according to a summary statement.

Genomic sequences reveal cities’ teeming masses of bacteria and viruses

(Nature) Researchers described results of early forays into this terra incognita at the Microbes in the City conference…they believe that efforts could lead to new approaches for monitoring bioterrorism, tracking disease outbreaks or assessing the impact of storms and pollution.

South Korea MERS death toll rises to 20

(CNN) The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the number of new cases “appears to be declining” – indicating that the outbreak could be slowing down. But it also warned that “all outbreaks are unpredictable…especially for a comparatively new disease like MERS” where many facets of the virus are not well understood.

What you should know about MERS, the mystery disease that has South Korea on edge

(Washington Post) The spread of MERS, which has infected 126 people since the outbreak began last month, seems to have leveled off, and South Korean public health officials are urging calm. Still, Koreans remain wary of this new and little-understood illness. MERS first appeared in humans in 2012, and three years later scientists and public health officials are still sorting out where  Read More »

The Ebola Review, Part II

(Foreign Policy) The G-7 Summit in Germany convening June 7 to June 8 will focus on the epidemic threat agenda, framed both as biosecurity and health system strengthening…  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We need some kind of global disaster response plan. And the World Health Organization must play a key part in this. But first of  Read More »

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