Multnomah County Health Department in Oregon reports tuberculosis
On May 15, 2025, the Multnomah County Health Department in Oregon reports an individual at Lane Middle School…
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US FDA approves AbbVie’s drug for a type of lung cancer
On May 14, 2025, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AbbVie’s drug to treat adults…
Sanofi to invest $20 billion in U.S. through 2030
On Mar. 14, 2025, Sanofi announced that it plans to invest at least $20 billion in the United…
Measles case in visitor to King County: Multiple locations of possible exposure
On May 13, 2025, Seattle & King County was notified of a confirmed measles case in a Canadian…
Roche announces $550 million investment to expand its Indianapolis diagnostics manufacturing hub
On May 12, 2025, Roche announced it plans to invest up to $550 million in its Diagnostics site…
Genentech boosts U.S. presence with new $700 million North Carolina facility
On May 12, 2025, Genentech announced plans to invest more than $700 million in a new 700,000 square…
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – outbreak Reported in Saudi Arabia
On May 12, 2025, the the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) reported…
Tough microbes found in NASA cleanrooms hold clues to space survival and biotech
On May 12, 2025, a study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across…
USDA Suspends Live Animal Imports Through U.S.-Mexico Border
On May 11, 2025, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports…
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WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announce sublicensing agreement for rapid diagnostic test technology
On May 9, 2025, The World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced a sublicensing agreement…
Texas Reports Fewer new measles Cases in Continuing outbreak
On May 9, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 709 cases of measles have…
Kodak announces $20 million investment in Rochester manufacturing plant
On May 9, 2025, Kodak announced it was readying to open its new $20 million manufacturing facility at…
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FDA Approves Teal Health’s Teal Wand™—The First and Only At-Home Self-Collection Device for Cervical Cancer Screening
On May 9, 2025, Teal Health® announced the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the Teal Wand™,…
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Antibiotics from human use are contaminating rivers worldwide, study shows
On May 9, 2025, a McGill University led team of researchers announced a study that shows an estimated…
Gates to give away virtually all of His wealth in the next twenty Years
On May 8, 2025, Bill Gates announced that he has decided to give away his money back to…
Merck Animal Health and State of Kansas Announce $895 Million Investment in Manufacturing and Research & Development Facilities
Om My 8, 202, Merck Animal Health and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly jointly announced today the $895 million…
Microbe that infests hospitals can digest medical-grade plastic ― a first
On May 8, 2025, A strain of bacterium that often causes infections in hospital can break down plastic,…
Gilead boosts planned U.S. investments by $11 billion amid tariff threat
On May 7, 2025, Gilead Sciences announced $11 billion in new planned investment in the U.S. to add…
Scientists Unveil the Structure of the Receptor Responsible for How We Taste Sweetness
On May 7, 2025, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Charles Zuker and members of his Columbia University lab…
Dangerous fungal spores can surf the stratosphere—and survive
On May 7, 2025, scientists reported that they have captured fungal spores cruising in the inhospitable environment of…
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Medical AI trained on whopping 57 million health records
On My 7, 2025, researchers at the University College London (UCL) and King’s College London announced that an…
EMA Uses AI to Leverage the power of data for public and animal health
On May 7, 2025, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) have published…
spinal tumour removed through a person’s eye socket for the first time
On May 6, 2025, in a first-of-its-kind surgery, a multidisciplinary team led by a University of Maryland Medical…
UT Southwestern and Children’s Health receive record-setting gift from Moody Foundation
On May 6, 2025, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health℠ announced a historic nine-figure grant from the Moody Foundation…
Bristol Myers to invest $40 billion in the U.S. over 5 years
On May 5, 2025, Bristol Myers Squibb said it will invest $40 billion in the U.S. over the…
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Europe pledges half a billion euros to lure scientists as Trump battles universities
On May 5, 2025, The European Union (EU) and France announced half a billion euros worth of incentives…
Agriculture Minister Announces Two Genome-Edited Rice Varieties Developed in India, a World First
On May 4, 2025, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that two genome-edited…
Whooping cough cases remain high across Louisiana
On May 2, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) reported an increase in whooping cough (pertussis) cases…
Origins of common lung cancer that affects smokers discovered
On My 2, 2025, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, and the University of Cambridge announced they…
CDC Reports Twelve pediatric deaths from seasonal influenza virus infection
On May 2, 2025, the Centers for Disease Control reported twelve pediatric deaths associated with seasonal influenza virus…