Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000® Received U.S. FDA Approval for Mpox Indication
On Aug. 29, 2024, Emergent BioSolutions announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental Biologics…
Researchers mapped 50,000 of DNA’s mysterious ‘knots’ in the human genome
On Aug. 29, 2024, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research announced they had mapped 50,000 of…
scientist-run Pathoplexus virus database vows to be transparently run and simple to use
On Aug. 29, 2024, a small team of scientists has launched an open-source database for some of the…
Plant Signaling Pathways Decoded
On Aug. 28, 2024, the University of Würzburg announced research using newly generated “optogenetic” tobacco plants to investigated…
Vaccine Misinformation caused U.S. Covid-19 Vaccination rate to Drop
On Aug. 28, 2024, survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) found that the number of…
Bacterial cells transmit their memories to offspring
On Aug. 28, 2024, Northwestern University and University of Texas-Southwestern announced results of a study that found bacterial…
New Hampshire reported fatality from Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
On Aug. 27, 2024, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) identified an adult who…
Parents want help preventing their children from developing hereditary health conditions
On Aug. 26, 2024, the University of Michigan (UM) announced that one in five parents say their child…
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Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
On Aug. 26, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to…
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The CDC reported Two more variant flu cases from swine exposure in Ohio and Pennsylvania
On Aug. 23, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that two human infections…
India reported Acute encephalitis syndrome due to Chandipura virus outbreak
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that between early June and 15 August 2024, the…
Artificial intelligence improved lung cancer diagnosis
On Aug. 23, 2024, A team of researchers from the University of Cologne announced they had created a…
Pfizer and BioNTech Received U.S. FDA Approval & Authorization for Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 Vaccine
On Aug. 22, 2024, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved…
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Outbreak of Oropouche virus disease reported in South America
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) in the…
Adaptive 3D printing system to pick and place bugs and other organisms
On Aug. 21, 2024, researchers at the University of Minnesota (UM) announced a first-of-its-kind adaptive 3D printing system…
first drug approved for early Alzheimer’s disease in the UK
On Aug. 22, 2024, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it had licensed the immunotherapy…
Study found no link between migraine and Parkinson’s disease
On Aug. 21, 2024, Contrary to previous research, a new study of female participants finds no link between…
Study during DR Congo’s outbreak found 84% protection from Ebola vaccine
On Aug. 21, 2024, French and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) researchers announced that a real-world study…
CPRIT awarded more than $60 million to boost fight against cancer
On Aug. 21, 2024, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
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Human Defenses Against Viruses First Evolved Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggests
On Aug. 21, 2024, a research team at the University of Texas at Austin reported that the first…
New insights on how bird flu crosses the species barrier
On Aug. 19, 2024, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) published research that sheds light on…
Multi-year, 1143-patient genetic study identified unique types of multiple myeloma
On Aug. 19, 2024, an international team of scientists led by researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced…
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CDC reported COVID-19 at highest level in two years
On Aug. 16, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that COVID-19 infections are…
ECDC recommended enhancing preparedness as more imported cases of clade I mpox highly likely
ON Aug. 16, 2024, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported that it is highly…
Western university announced newly discovered protein stops dNA damage
On Aug. 15, 2024, researcher from from Western University announced they had discovered a protein that has the…
West Nile virus discovered in Michigan, Residents Urged to Protect Themselves from Mosquito Bites
On Aug. 15, 2024, the Oakland County Health Division in Pontiac, Michigan urged residents to protect themselves from mosquito…
Global cancer deaths among men projected to increase by 93% by 2050
On Aug. 15, 2024, a study published in the journal Cancer projected an alarming increase in cancer cases and deaths…
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WHO declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
On Aug. 14, 2024, The World Health Organization declared that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic…
lungfish has 30 times as much DNA as humans—a new record for animals
On Aug. 14, 2024, scientists from Uruguay University announced that a species of lungfish found in South America…
international team of scientists announced mapping complete genetic makeup of Lyme disease-causing bacteria
On Aug. 14, 2024, an international team of scientists announced they had sequenced the complete genomes of the…