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Merck spends $10 billion for Verona, gaining access to its COPD medication
On Jul. 9, 2025, pharmaceutical giant Merck is buying Verona Pharma, a company that focuses on respiratory diseases,…
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US CDC ends emergency bird flu response as infections decline
On Jul. 8, 2025, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended…
NIH to crack down on excessive publisher fees for publicly funded research
On Jul. 8, 2025, the the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to implement a new policy…
Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns and babies
On Jul. 8, 2025, Novartis announces it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said…
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Innovative Genomics Institute Announce New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures
On Jul. 8, 2025, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) announced the funding of the…
Scientists create biological ‘artificial intelligence’ system
On Jul. 7, 2025, Australian scientists, including at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, have successfully developed…
KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of EKTERLY® (sebetralstat), First and Only Oral On-demand Treatment for Hereditary Angioedema
On Jul. 7, 2025, KalVista Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has approved EKTERLY® (sebetralstat),…
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Cambodia Reports 49 deaths From Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Current Outbreak
On Jul. 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that between January 1 and July 1, 2025,…
New research confirms that neurons form in the adult brain
On Jul. 3, 2025, a study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the…
Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-smokers, New Study Finds
On Jul. 2, 2025, a study jointly led by researchers at the University of California San Diego and…
First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced
On Jul. 2, 2025, researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) announces they…
Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
On Jul. 1, 2025, Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she cofounded nearly 20…
Wyoming Department of Health reports first Measles Case in Natrona County
On Jul. 1, 2025, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has confirmed a case of measles in an…
Ancient organisms locked toxic poison away in their cells to survive dangerous environmental changes, study finds
On Jul. 1, 2025, an international team of researchers led by by the Université de Poitiers and Cardiff…
AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2.1 billion
On Jun. 30, 2025, AbbVie and Capstan Therapeutics announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire Capstan,…
Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started
On Jun. 30, 2025, as in something out of science fiction, a team of researchers reached into the…
Parkinson’s drug effective in treating persistent depression
On Jun. 30, 2025, a University of Oxford led study reported that a drug used for Parkinson’s disease…
A rare form of leprosy existed in the Americas for thousands of years
On Jun. 30, 2025, a new study from an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck…
Calgary reintroduces fluoride into drinking water
On Jun. 30, 2025, Fluoride was reintroduced into the drinking water in Alberta’s largest city nearly four years…
Scientists discover network of cells and genes involved in Crohn’s disease complication
On Jun. 30, 2025, the Broad Institute announced that spatial mapping reveals genes contributing to fibrosis, or scarring,…
Cambodia confirms two new H5N1 bird flu cases
On Jun. 29, 2025, Cambodian health authorities confirmed two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza involving a…
Hikma Pharmaceuticals announces $1 Billion investment in U.S. Expansion
On Jun. 28, 2025, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA announced it will invest $1 billion by 2030 to further expand…
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WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19
On Jun. 27, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens…
World Microbiome Day Celebrated
On Jun. 27, 2025, today is World Microbiome Day and the Microbiota Vault, together with all participating Local…
Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomes
On Jun. 26, 2025, a team of UK-based scientists announced they are developing technology to create the first…
TSU Breaks Ground on New $90 Million Agriculture Facilities
On Jun. 26, 2025, Tennessee State University leaders, dignitaries, and College of Agriculture faculty broke ground on the…
New Mexico announces measles outbreak in a county detention facility
On Jun. 26, 2025, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced that five people who are incarcerated…
Femasys Announces Historic Milestone with European Approval of FemBloc®, the First Non-Surgical Permanent Birth Control
On Jun. 25, 2025, Femasys announces Conformité Européene (CE) mark certification under European Union Medical Device Regulation of…
Penn engineers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug
On Jun. 25, 2025, researchers at the University of Pennylvanis’s School of Engineering and Applied Science announced they…
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NIH will reinstate 900 grants in response to court order
On Jun. 25, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a…