UK Trials Show Paxlovid speeds recovery, but doesn’t reduce hospitalization in vaccinated patients
On Apr. 23, 2026. two national trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine report Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir)…
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Biotechnology | CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
CDC Reported 10,000–23,000 RSV deaths in 2025
On Feb. 19, 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported severe outcomes from COVID-19…
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Study Shows SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks, despite good ventilation
On Feb. 17, 2026, a new study published in Respiratory Medicine show COVID-19 genetic material was frequently detected in…
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WHO Releases Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
On Dec. 18, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) announced…
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Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Topline Data Demonstrating Robust Immune Response With Their LP.8.1-Adapted COVID-19 Vaccine 2025-2026 Formula
On Sept. 8, 2025, Pfizer and BioNTech announced positive topline results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Vaccine | WHO
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…
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Moderna’s UK Manufacturing Facility Received Manufacturing License from the MHRA
On Apr. 15, 2025, Moderna announced that its manufacturing facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire, the Moderna Innovation and Technology…
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SHIELD-Utah Study Shows Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Lower Reactogenicity Symptoms Compared to mRNA
On Apr. 15, 2025, Novavax announced preliminary results from the SHIELD-Utah study (Study of Healthcare Workers and First…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Measles | Plague | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
On Apr. 4, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that over the past two days, it convened…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | HIV
Novel point-of-care technology delivers accurate HIV results in minutes
On Apr. 2, 2025, A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines announced they have developed new technology…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
SARS-CoV-2 virus circulates Worldwide without clear seasonality and continues to infect
On Dec. 24, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, largely…
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Africa CDC Deployed Experts to Investigate unknown Disease X outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
On Dec. 9, 2024, the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that it is working closely with…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
Wuhan lab samples hold no clues relatives to virus behind COVID
On Dec. 6, 2024, Shi Zhengli, the Chinese virologist at centre of COVID lab-leak theory, has presented evidence…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Neurology | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Study Found Persistent Infection Could Explain Long COVID in Some People
On Oct. 9, 2024, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that people with wide-ranging long COVID symptoms…
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epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic Genetically traced to market wildlife and viruses
On Sept. 19, 2024, an international team of researchers announced a study that genetically traced the epicenter of…
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Study Revealed How COVID-19 Infection Can Cause or Worsen Diabetes
On Sept. 13, 2024, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the…
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Covid-19 pandemic changed scientific publishing
On Sep. 9, 2024, Santo Fortunato, a professor at Luddy School of Informatics, reported that an international research…
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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…
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Biotechnology | CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine
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…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Vaccine | WHO
WHO/Europe study confirmed lifesaving impact of vaccines against COVID-19 Summer Wave
On Aug. 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced results of a study that showed the introduction of…
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COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics | Vaccine
FDA updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Use in the U.S Beginning in Fall 2024
On Jun. 14, 2024, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) unanimously voted to recommend…
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BARDA awarded up to $500 million in Project NextGen funding for vaccine clinical trials
On Jun. 13, 2024, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic…
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Roche four-in-one molecular test for SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A/B viruses and RSV receives U.S. FDA EUA
On Jun. 10, 2024, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Emergency Use…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Vaccine
FDA updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Use in the U.S. Beginning in Fall 2024
On June 5, 2024, the U.S. FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee announced that it had…
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Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses
On May 17, 2024, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced a study had…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Neurology | Vaccine
COVID vaccines not linked to seizures
On Apr. 30, 2024, a meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials in JAMA Neurology found no increase in seizures in…
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Moderna announced contract with Brazil to supply 12.5 million COVID-19 vaccines as part of national vaccination campaign
On Apr. 22, 2024, Moderna announced a contract with the Ministry of Health in Brazil (Ministerio da Saude)…
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Study suggested staying current with COVID-19 vaccinations helped combat emerging variants
On Apr. 12, 2024, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) announced research that shows using live SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed…
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WHO launched CoViNet: a global network for coronaviruses
On Mar. 27, 2024, the World Health Organization announced it had launched a network for coronaviruses, CoViNet, to…
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FDA issued EUA for Pemgarda (pemivibart) for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in certain adults and adolescents
On Mar. 22, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the an emergency use authorization for…
