BlueDot Narrated

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://red.anthropic.com/2025/biorisk/ Author(s): AnthropicA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.gcsp.ch/sites/default/files/2024-12/securing-civilisation-against-catastrophic-pandemics-gp-31.pdf Author(s): Anjali Gopal, William Bradshaw, Vaishnav Sunil, and Kevin M. Esvelt.A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://blog.bluedot.org/p/how-ai-could-enable-catastrophic-pandemics Author(s): Will Saunter. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK614029/ Author(s): Aishani Aatresh, Nicole Lurie, and Richard Hatchett. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original Text: https://press.asimov.com/articles/antiviralsAuthor(s): Brian WangA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This report covers the current landscape in pathogen early warning and biosurveillance, highlights challenges and identifies opportunities from emerging technologies. You will have the opportunity to dig deeper into some of the new technologies in the pre-class exercise and the optional readings.Original text:https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/toward-a-global-pathogen-early-warning-system/Author(s): A product of the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks. Authors: Natasha Bajema, Bill Beaver, Christine Parthemore, Adejare Atanda, Joanne Horn, David Manheim, Daniel Regan, Sid Sharma, Jacob Swett, and Nikki Teran. Edited by Christine Parthemore and Francesco Femia.A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This resource provides a brief introduction to some of the most common terms used in infectious disease epidemiology.Original text:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zUcRUXWFjIoRxx3wM35okua2hSLYaDW-lLboJa77tUg/edit#heading=h.rd77fsy9cdniAuthor(s):Joshua BlakeA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This paper discusses critical questions for gaining early situational awareness in an outbreak, using COVID-19 as an example. It highlights key queries about the pathogen, transmission modes, population vulnerability, and available medical countermeasures. The paper shows how timely answers to these questions can inform effective public health responses, resource allocation, and policy decisions, ultimately improving outbreak management.Original text:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01278-wAuthor(s):Joseph T. Wu, Kathy Leung, Tommy T. Y. Lam, Michael Y. Ni, Carlos K. H. Wong, J. S. Malik Peiris & Gabriel M. LeungA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This page gives a brief overview of the NIH's framework for guiding funding decisions on potentially risky research involving enhanced potential pandemic pathogens (ePPPs). Following the release of a report, 'Proposed Biosecurity Oversight Framework For The Future of Science' in early 2023, the US Government is reviewing the process for the oversight of ePPP research. This report and a response to it can be found in the optional resources section.Original text:https://www.nih.gov/news-events/research-involving-potential-pandemic-pathogensAuthor(s):National Institutes of HealthA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This article proposes four key actions that can be taken to prevent outbreaks from zoonotic spillover: protecting tropical forests, regulating or banning live wildlife markets, improving biosecurity for farmed animals, and improving health and economic security, particularly in hotspots for disease emergence. For those digging deeper into zoonotic spillover for this week's exercise, you will find the original paper in the optional resources section.Original text: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01312-y#:~:text=faces%20another%20pandemic.-,Four%20actions,-The%20risk%20ofAuthor(s): Neil M. Vora, Lee Hannah and Susan Lieberman et al.A podcast by BlueDot Impact.