Roche launched new diagnostic test for the better understanding of immune response to SARS-CoV-2
On Aug. 15, 2022, Roche announced the launch of the Elecsysﾮ IGRA SARS-CoV-2 test in countries that accept…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made more vaccine doses available to support Monkeypox response
On Aug. 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that was making up to…
WHO experts gave Monkeypox virus variants new names
On Aug. 12, 2022, a group of global experts convened by WHO agreed on new names for monkeypox…
Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine approved in South Korea for use in adolescents aged 12 through 17
On Aug. 12, 2022, Novavax announced that partner, SK bioscience, had received a Post Approval Change Application approval…
Roche announced U.S. FDA approval of Xofluza to treat influenza in children aged five years and older
On Aug. 11, 2022, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
Moderna’s Omicron-containing bivalent booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214, demonstrated higher neutralizing antibody response
On Aug. 9, 2022, Moderna announced an amendment to its agreement with the European Commission (EC) to convert…
FDA authorized Emergency Use of JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine
On Aug. 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the JYNNEOS…
HHS announced Monkeypox (mpox) Emergency Use Authorizations for medical devices
On Aug. 9, 2022, the the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it had determined that…
NIH first to develop 3D structure of twinkle protein
On Aug. 5, 2022, researchers from the National Institutes of Health announced that they had developed a three-dimensional…
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CDC confirmed first human infection with flu virus from pigs during 2022
On Aug. 5, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first human infection with…
FDA approved first targeted therapy for HER2-low breast cancer
On Aug. 5, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki), an IV…
Novavax announced initiation of phase 2b/3 Hummingbird global clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six months through 11 years
On Aug. 4, 2022, Novavax announced the initiation of its Phase 2b/3 Hummingbird global clinical trial. The trial…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared Monkeypox (Mpox) a public health emergency
On Aug. 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the ongoing spread of monkeypox…
Watermelon seeds were consumed
On Jul. 30, 2022, scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of a 6,000-year-old Citrullus seeds that revealed…
HHS announced 66 million doses of Moderna’s variant-specific COVID-19 vaccine booster for potential use in Fall and Winter 2022
On Jul. 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the U.S….
AlphaFold revealed the structure of the protein universe
On Jul. 28, 2022, AlphaFold, in partnership with EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), announced they we’re releasing predicted…
Cell by cell, scientists building a high-resolution map of brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
On Jul. 28, 2022, the Allen Institute announced a newly released dataset of 1.2M cells from brain donors…
WHO recommended long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
On Jul. 28, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable…
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Bacteria that causes rare disease Melioidosis discovered in U.S. environmental samples
On Jul. 27, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had identified for…
Patient with HIV achieved remission following stem cell transplant
On Jul. 27, 2022, City of Hope announced that a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in…
BD, CerTest Biotec announced commercial launch of Monkeypox test
On Jul. 27, 2022, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced their newly developed molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced clinical trial of next-generation vaccine candidate based on enhanced spike protein design
On Jul. 27, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the companies had initiated a randomized, active-controlled, observer-blind, Phase…
Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine granted provisional registration in Australia for use in adolescents aged 12 through 17
On Jul. 26, 2022, Novavax announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency had granted expanded approval for provisional…
Novavax announced expanded approval of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 through 17 in Japan
On Jul. 26, 2022, Novavax announced that Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine had received expanded manufacturing and marketing approval…
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COVID-19 Vacations Redux
COVID-19 Vacations Redux iIlustrates once again the pits and perils vacation travelers face as they begin their Summer…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Florida
On Jul. 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended use of the Moderna COVID-19 booster in adolescents (12-17 years)
On Jul. 22, 2022, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending Vekluryﾮ (Remdesivir) receive full Marketing Authorization for teatment of patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2022, Gilead Sciences announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of…
CDC reported 2021-2022 flu season was relatively mild but longer than usual
On Jul. 22, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a MMWR report that summarized…
Genome of 6,000-year-old wild watermelon sequenced
On Jul. 22, 2022, a team of scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of a 6,000-year-old citrullus…