AFRICA Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus and Ebola Together Test a Beleaguered Congo (Bariyo, 7/29). Washington Post: With drastically smaller hajj, Somalia’s livestock industry goes from ‘boom to doom’ (Faruk/Bearak, 7/28). Xinhua: Ethiopia’s COVID-19 cases pass 15,000 mark (7/29). ASIA Financial Times: Over half of Mumbai slum dwellers have had Covid-19,…

U.S. Department of State: AUSMIN 2020 Health Security Statement In a joint statement at the 2020 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), the U.S. and Australian governments discuss progress toward health security cooperation (7/28). U.S. Department of State: Joint Statement on Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) 2020 (7/28). U.S. Department of State: 2020…

POLITICO: How the coronavirus can prepare us for bioterrorism “…Bioterrorism experts now worry the West is even less prepared for a biological attack. Worse, the devastation caused by Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, could motivate rogue states or terrorist groups to use a similar pathogen against their…

USAID: Acting USAID Administrator John Barsa on the Global Health Security Agenda In this release, Acting USAID Administrator John Barsa expresses his support of the joint statement from the Steering Group of the Global Health Security Agenda (7/23).

The Hill: Obama issues warning on U.S. coronavirus response: ‘Virus doesn’t care about spin or ideology’ (Budryk, 7/15). The Hill: Public health groups denounce new Trump move sidelining CDC (Weixel, 7/16). New York Times: Chief Vaccine Scientist Will Not Be Forced to Disclose Pharmaceutical Stocks (Weiland, 7/15). Washington Post: Susan…

AP: U.K., U.S., Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials “Britain, the United States, and Canada accused Russia on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine. The three nations alleged that hacking group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part…

U.N. News: ‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery “Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian, and development crisis, it has also revealed the power of women’s leadership, according to the U.N. Deputy Secretary-General. ‘Over the past months, people around the…

SciDev.Net: The next pandemic “…In this Spotlight, ScDev.Net analyzes the threat of future pandemics, and considers what plans the world needs to put in place to stop — or mitigate — the next outbreak. Our food systems, urban landscapes, and vaccination programs all come under the microscope…” (Multiple authors, 7/13).

Wall Street Journal: Nation’s Top Emergency-Preparedness Agency Focused on Warfare Threats Over Pandemic “The top U.S. agency charged with preparing for a pandemic and overseeing the medical stockpile spent years bracing for potential attacks on the Korean Peninsula and was ill-prepared for the coronavirus crisis that continues to surge, according…

The Conversation: Lives at ‘grave risk’: Trump’s withdrawal from the WHO is a hit to global health Adam Kamradt-Scott, associate professor at the University of Sydney (7/8). The Lancet: U.S. withdrawal from WHO is unlawful and threatens global and U.S. health and security Lawrence O. Gostin, director of the O’Neill…