Virginia Health Officials Confirm First 2025 Measles Case
On Apr. 19, 2025, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reported the state’s first measles case of the…
SIDS Discovery Could ID Babies at Risk
On Jan. 22, 2025, researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reported revealing the fingerprints of…
H5N1 strikes more U.S. poultry flocks, pet cats
On Jan. 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has…
Cloned Black-Footed Ferret Breeds Naturally and Births 2 Healthy Kits
On Nov. 1, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and conservation partners announced the first-ever birth…
Johns Hopkins and Family of Henrietta Lacks Break Ground on Building Named in Honor of Henrietta Lacks
On Oct. 28, 2024, the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine, together with descendants of Henrietta Lacks,…
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HHMI Invested $500 Million in AI-Driven Life Sciences Research
On Aug. 12, 2024, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced AI@HHMI, a $500 million investment over the…
CDC reported Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis
On Jul. 19, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had begun an…
The University of Virginia broke ground on Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology
On Dec. 8, 2023, the University of Virginia broke ground Friday on the Paul and Diane Manning Institute…
The University of Virginia Cancer Center Received NCI Comprehensive Designation
On Feb. 1, 2022, University of Virginia Cancer Center announced it had been awarded a Comprehensive Cancer Center…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in flock of chickens in Kentucky and backyard flock in Virginia
On Feb. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
Hoth Therapeutics and Virginia Commonwealth University expanded research agreement for COVID-19 therapeutic
On May 5, 2021, Hoth Therapeutics announced it has expanded its sponsored research agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University…
Virginia Tech and UVA virologists developed broadly protective coronavirus vaccines
On Mar. 24, 2021, Virginia Tech researchers announced that their candidate Coronavirus vaccines, prevented pigs from becoming ill…
Pacific Biosciences Sequel II Systems deployed to scale-up global viral surveillance initiatives focused on COVID-19
On Feb. 18, 2021, Pacific Biosciences announced that Labcorp had increased its commitment to highly accurate HiFi sequencing…
FDA approved first intentional genomic alteration in domestic pigs for both human food, potential therapeutic uses
On Dec. 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in…
US DoD awarded $25 million contract to Hollingsworth & Vose to increase production capacity of filtration media
On Dec. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of HHS, awarded a…
Custom face shields aimed to block droplets, tackled COVID-19 for football players
On Sept. 3, 2020, researchers from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab announced the development of a football helmet…
Virginia Tech researchers began testing campus wastewater for COVID-19
On Sept. 3, 2020, a team of Virginia Tech researchers announced that they will begin testing wastewater at…
Preliminary study suggested tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths
On Jul. 13, 2020, researchers from Virginia Tech and the NIH suggested that Bacille Calmette-Gu�rin (BCG), a tuberculosis…
Virginia Tech researchers established a reverse genetics system to facilitate COVID-19 research
On Jun. 4, 2020, with funding from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, researchers James Weger-Lucarelli…
Phlow Corp was awarded $354 million BARDA contract to manufacture essential medicines in shortage
On May 19, 2020, Phlow, a U.S.-based, public benefit drug manufacturing corporation, received federal government funding of $354…
Virginia Tech researchers developed new COVID-19 tests to combat backlogs, shortages
On Apr. 22, 2020, Virginia Tech scientists annunced they had developed a new COVID-19 test and secured federal…
Hydroxychloroquine study reported no benefit from malaria drug in Veteran Affairs virus study
On Apr. 21, 2020, a study posted on medRxiv found no evidence that use of hydroxychloroquine, either with…
Diffusion Pharma announced evaluating TSC against Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 1, 2020, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals announced it had begun a cooperative research effort with University of Virginia…
Penn researcher Virginia MY Lee, PhD, received $3 million Breakthrough Prize
On Sept. 5, 2019, Penn Professor Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD received the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, in…
Record $50 million gift to Virginia Tech results in naming of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke
On Dec. 6, 2018, the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust and Heywood and Cynthia Fralin donated a record…
The University of Virginia Cancer Center received $15 million Renewal grant
On Apr. 26, 2017, the University of Virginia Cancer Center was honored as one of just 69 National…
The Asian longhorned tick found in Virginia
In 2017, Virginia Tech veterinary pathologist Kevin Lahmers identified the Asian longhorned tick as the source of seven…
Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences building opened
On Mar. 21, 2014 the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences building opened. In the new…
The CDC responded to the large fungal meningitis outbreak
On Nov. 15, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to the fungal meningitis…
Genomeon was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
On Aug. 11, 2011, Genomeon was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Dr. Harold…