23andMe Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Process to Maximize Stakeholder Value
On Mar. 23, 2025, 23andMe announced that it has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy…
Texas Reports Continued measles Incidence with Fifty new cases
On Mar. 21, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported updated information about an outbreak…
Tennessee Department of Health Confirmed 1st Measles Case in the State
On Mar. 21 , 2025, the Tennessee Department of Health confirmed the state’s first measles case in 2025…
Ohio Department of Health Reported First Case of Measles
On Mar. 20, 2025, Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported the state’s first measles case of 2025. The…
Alnylam Announces FDA Approval of AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran), the First RNAi Therapeutic to Reduce Cardiovascular Death, Hospitalizations and Urgent Heart Failure Visits in Adults with ATTR Amyloidosis
On Mar. 20, 2025, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the supplemental…
USDA Announces Next Steps in the Effort to Support the Fight Against Avian Influenza
On Mar. 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in consultation with the U.S. Department of Health…
Rice engineer develops new security protocol to protect miniaturized wireless medical implants from cyberthreats
On Mar. 20, 2025, Rice University, electrical and computer engineer Kaiyuan Yang unveiled a first-of-its-kind authentication protocol for…
Bankruptcy judge approved federal settlement with Purdue Pharma
On Mar. 20, 2025, Bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma filed a new bankruptcy plan, a major step towards finalizing a…
Rice research team creates universal RNA barcoding system for tracking gene transfer in bacteria
On Mar. 18, 2025, an interdisciplinary group of researchers from Rice University announced they have created a new…
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H7N9 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Diagnosed in Mississippi Poultry Flock
On Mar. 17, 2025, The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has been notified by the U.S.Department of…
First measles case in Michigan confirmed in Oakland County
On Mar. 14, 2025, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Oakland County Health Division…
Sanofi adopts FDA-selected flu strains to ensure readiness for the 2025-26 flu season
On Mar. 14, 2025, Sanofi announced the immediate adoption of influenza strains selected by the U.S. Food and…
European Region reported highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years
On Mar. 14, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced an…
Texas Reported increased measles Incidence with More than sixty new cases
On Mar. 14, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported updated information about an outbreak…
Scientists solve decades-long Parkinson’s mystery
On Mar. 14, 2025, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) announced they…
Survey Shows With Bird Flu in Raw Milk, Many Still Do Not Know Risks of Consuming It
On Mar. 14, 2025, a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) reported that although the Food…
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Study Shows Cheese from Raw Milk Can Harbor Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
On Mar. 14, 2025, researchers from Cornell University reported results from a study that show the Aging Process…
FDA Releases Influenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza Season
On Mar. 13, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the…
Marburg virus Outbreak Declared Ended in Tanzania
On Mar. 13, 2025, after two consecutive incubation periods (a total of 42 days) without a new confirmed…
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H5N1 dairy cow study finds sustained milk production drop, extensive transmission across herd
Mar. 13. 2025, scientists who examined the impact of an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in an Ohio dairy…
One Case of Measles Confirmed in a Kansas Resident
On Mar. 13, 2025, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Stevens County Health Department…
APHIS Confirms H7N9 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a U.S. Flock
On Mar. 12, 2025, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic…
New York State Department of Health Reported First Case of Measles in New York State Outside of New York City in 2025
On Mar. 11, 2025, the New York State Department of Health today announced the first case of measles…
Research Reveals Ways To Keep Emergency Responders Safe In Future Pandemics
On Mar. 11, 2025, researchers from Texas A&M University School of Public Health report findings show significant links…
‘A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn’t’: Lessons from Texarkana’s 1970 outbreak
On Mar. 11, 2025, in an excerpt from his book Booster Shots (Penguin Random House), pediatrician and infectious…
Australia’s first durable total artificial heart implant Reported successful
On Mar. 11, 2025, researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney announced the first implant of a BiVACOR Total…
First Cases of Measles in Reported in Oklahoma
On Mar. 11, 2025, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reported the first two measles cases in…
Beam Therapeutics Announces Positive Data in Trial Demonstrating First Ever Clinical Genetic Correction of a Disease-causing Mutation
On Mar. 10, 2025, Beam Therapeutics announced initial safety and efficacy data from its Phase 1/2 trial of…
Neanderthal Genes linked to lactase persistence in East Asian populations
On Mar. 10, 2025, new research shows positive selection at the 2q21.3 locus in Europeans and Africans has…
WHO reports increased incidence of Sudan virus disease in Uganda
On Mar. 8, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that since the outbreak of Sudan virus disease…