News and History
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Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns and babies
Read More: Novartis wins approval for first malaria drug for newborns and babiesOn Jul. 8, 2025, Novartis announces it had received approval in Switzerland for Coartem Baby, which it said…
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KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of EKTERLY® (sebetralstat), First and Only Oral On-demand Treatment for Hereditary Angioedema
Read More: KalVista Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval of EKTERLY® (sebetralstat), First and Only Oral On-demand Treatment for Hereditary AngioedemaOn 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
Read More: Cambodia Reports 49 deaths From Avian Influenza A (H5N1) in Current OutbreakOn Jul. 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that between January 1 and July 1, 2025,…
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New research confirms that neurons form in the adult brain
Read More: New research confirms that neurons form in the adult brainOn Jul. 3, 2025, a study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the…
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Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-smokers, New Study Finds
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First human genome from ancient Egypt sequenced
Read More: First human genome from ancient Egypt sequencedOn Jul. 2, 2025, researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) announces they…
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Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
Read More: Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 millionOn Jul. 1, 2025, Anne Wojcicki’s bid to buy 23andMe, the genetic testing company she cofounded nearly 20…
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Wyoming Department of Health reports first Measles Case in Natrona County
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Ancient organisms locked toxic poison away in their cells to survive dangerous environmental changes, study finds
Read More: Ancient organisms locked toxic poison away in their cells to survive dangerous environmental changes, study findsOn Jul. 1, 2025, an international team of researchers led by by the Université de Poitiers and Cardiff…
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AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2.1 billion
Read More: AbbVie to Acquire Capstan Therapeutics for $2.1 billionOn Jun. 30, 2025, AbbVie and Capstan Therapeutics announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire Capstan,…
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Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started
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Parkinson’s drug effective in treating persistent depression
Read More: Parkinson’s drug effective in treating persistent depressionOn Jun. 30, 2025, a University of Oxford led study reported that a drug used for Parkinson’s disease…
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A rare form of leprosy existed in the Americas for thousands of years
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Calgary reintroduces fluoride into drinking water
Read More: Calgary reintroduces fluoride into drinking waterOn Jun. 30, 2025, Fluoride was reintroduced into the drinking water in Alberta’s largest city nearly four years…
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Scientists discover network of cells and genes involved in Crohn’s disease complication
Read More: Scientists discover network of cells and genes involved in Crohn’s disease complicationOn Jun. 30, 2025, the Broad Institute announced that spatial mapping reveals genes contributing to fibrosis, or scarring,…
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Cambodia confirms two new H5N1 bird flu cases
Read More: Cambodia confirms two new H5N1 bird flu casesOn Jun. 29, 2025, Cambodian health authorities confirmed two new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza involving a…
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Hikma Pharmaceuticals announces $1 Billion investment in U.S. Expansion
Read More: Hikma Pharmaceuticals announces $1 Billion investment in U.S. ExpansionOn 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
Read More: WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19On Jun. 27, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens…
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World Microbiome Day Celebrated
Read More: World Microbiome Day CelebratedOn Jun. 27, 2025, today is World Microbiome Day and the Microbiota Vault, together with all participating Local…
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Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomes
Read More: Researchers take first steps to creating synthetic human genomesOn Jun. 26, 2025, a team of UK-based scientists announced they are developing technology to create the first…
