Genome of 6,000-year-old wild watermelon sequenced
On Jul. 22, 2022, a team of scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of a 6,000-year-old citrullus…
New York State Department of Health and Rockland County Department of Health alerted public to case of polio
On Jul. 21, 2022, The New York State Department of Health confirmed that a case of paralytic poliomyelitis…
A fourth case of HPAI confirmed in Deschutes County, Oregon expanding quarantine
On Jul. 21, 2022, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health…
Novavax announced expanded agreement with SK bioscience to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine with Omicron variant
On Jul. 19, 2022, Novavax announced that it had signed agreements with its partner, SK bioscience, for the…
U.S. CDC endorsed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 19, 2022, Novavax announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee…
Gilead Sciences signed joint procurement agreement with the European Commission for Vekluryﾮ (Remdesivir)
On Jul. 19, 2022, Gilead Sciences and the European Commission announced a new joint procurement agreement (JPA) that…
Vaccine-induced immune response to Omicron wanes substantially over time
On Jul. 19, 2022, the NIH announced that although COVID-19 booster vaccinations in adults elicit high levels of…
Yale-developed vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variants
On Jul. 19, 2022, Yale scientists announced they had developed a novel Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine that offers superior…
Australia TGA granted provisional approval for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children aged six months to five years
On Jul. 18, 2022, Moderna announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia had granted provisional registration…
Ghana declared first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 17, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades
On Jul. 15, 2022, The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded…
Aegis Sciences begin Monkeypox testing, increasing nationwide testing capacity
On Jul 14. 2022, Aegis Sciences announced it is was authorized to begin testing for monkeypox using the…
Health Canada authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in young children (6 months-5 years)
On Jul. 14, 2022, Moderna announced that Health Canada had approved the use of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine,…
Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine conditionally authorized in EU for adolescents aged 12 through 17
On Jul. 13, 2022, Novavax announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved the expanded conditional marketing authorization…
Quest Diagnostics launched Monkeypox virus testing
On Jul. 13, 2022, Quest Diagnostics announced that it had announced the nationwide availability* of the company’s lab-developed…
U.S. FDA granted EUA for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, adjuvanted for individuals aged 18 and over
On Jul. 13, 2022, Novavax announced that its COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (NVX-CoV2373) had received emergency use authorization from…
Quest Diagnostics launched Monkeypox virus testing
On Jul 13. 2022, Quest Diagnostics announced the nationwide availability of the company’s lab-developed molecular diagnostic test to…
NIH launched clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
On Jul. 11, 2022, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) launched an early-stage clinical trial…
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U.S. Government secured 3.2 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 11, 2022, Novavax announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
Moderna’s Omicron-containing bivalent booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214, demonstrated higher neutralizing antibody response
On Jul. 11, 2022, Moderna announced new clinical data on its bivalent Omicron (BA.1) booster candidate, mRNA-1273.214. One…
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a variation to EMA for vaccination of children ages 6 months to less than 5 Years with COMIRNATY
On Jul. 8, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the companies had submitted a variation to the European…
Fourth backyard flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Oregon
On Jul. 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the state’s…
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USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Nevada
On Jul. 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the…
European Medicines Agency approved SK bioscience as supplier of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 7, 2022, Novavax announced that the European Commission had approved a variation to allow SK bioscience…
Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
Labcorp first national laboratory to offer Monkeypox test
On Jul. 6, 2022, LabCorp announced that it had begun testing for monkeypox using the U.S. Centers for…
NIH study revealed how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
On Jul. 5, 2022, the National Institutes of Health released a study that described the immune response triggered…
COVID-19 vaccination activates antibodies targeting parts of virus spike protein shared between coronaviruses
On Jul. 5, 2022, Tgen and Northern Arizona University announced that a research team found that the vaccine…
Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine conditionally authorized in EU for adolescents aged 12 through 17
On Jul. 5, 2022, Novavax announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved the expanded conditional marketing authorization…
COVID-19 was third leading cause of death in the United States in both 2020 and 2021
On Jul. 5, 2022, the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute announced COVID-19 was the third…