Frequent testing reduced COVID-19 deaths in nursing facilities
On Apr. 4, 2023, NIH-funded research was announced from the University of Rochester and Harvard University that looked…
NanoViricides announced licensing agreement with Karveer Meditech to commercialize COVID drugs
On Apr. 4, 2023, NanoViricides announced that it had executed a license agreement with Karveer Meditech, Kolhapur, India,…
Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related macular degeneration
On Apr. 3, 2023, a study from the National Eye Institute (NEI) identified rare genetic variants that could…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released National Cancer Plan
On Apr. 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a National Cancer Plan,…
First case of highly pathogenic Avian influenza confirmed in Klamath County
On Mar. 31, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agricultureﾒs Animal and…
Moderna finalized agreement with Government of the Republic of Kenya to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility
On Mar. 30, 2023, Moderna and the Government of the Republic of Kenya announced they had finalized an…
Covid-19 pandemic and the expansion of the mortality gap between the U.S. and its European peers
On Mar. 29, 2023, the mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations substantially expanded during…
U.S. FDA approved first Over-the-Counter Naloxone nasal spray
On Mar. 29, 2023, the U.S. FDA announced approval of Narcan, 4 milligram naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for…
WHO certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan as malaria-free
On Mar. 29, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had certified Azerbaijan and Tajikistan for…
CIRM invested $26 million in research
On Mar. 27, 2023, CIRM Board approved investing nearly $26 million in 17 projects in early-stage discovery research.The…
Thermo Fisher Scientific opened cell therapy facility at University of California, San Francisco
On Mar. 27. 2023, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco, announced they will accelerate…
Guangdong CDC reported an H3N8 infection
On Mar. 26,. 2023, Guangdong Centers for Disease Control in China reported an H3N8 infection that would become…
Antibiotics do not cut death risk in hospitalized patients with viral respiratory illnesses
On Mar. 24. 2023, antibiotics do not reduce the risk of dying in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, the…
Tuberculosis in the U.S. increased slightly during 2022 although it remained lower than prepandemic years
On Mar. 24, 2023, the CDC announced that Tuberculosis in the U.S. increased slightly during 2022 although it…
Paxlovid reduced risk of long-term health problems, death from COVID-19
On Mar. 23. 2023, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs…
Hutchinson Cancer Center announced new “patient-centric” building in South Lake Union
On Mar. 23, 2023, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced new building in South Lake Union comes with…
Climate warming and increasing Vibrio vulnificus infections in North America
On Mar. 23, 2023, a study published in Scientific Reports warned that vibrio vulnificus is an increasingly recognized…
Scientists announced the Faba bean genome had been sequenced
On Mar. 23. 2023, scientists at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment in Paris…
National Science Foundation released reports outlining bold goals for U.S. bioeconomy
On Mar. 22, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five…
Scientists sequenced Beethoven’s genome from locks of his hair
On Mar. 22. 2023, scientists at the University of Cambridge announced that Beethovenﾒs genome had been sequenced for…
Quest Diagnostics announced first-of-its-kind post-COVID-19 panels available
On Mar. 21, 2023, Quest Diagnostics announced that it had introduced two innovative Post-COVID-19 panels. These laboratory tests…
Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of…
CDC acquired 465-acre site in Mace, West Virginia for research facility
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the acquisition of a site in…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | NIH | Pharmaceutical | Vaccine
SARS-CoV-2 infection weakens immune-cell response to vaccination
On Mar. 20, 2023, NIH scientists announced that the magnitude and quality of a key immune cellﾒs response…
Vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans ‘just in case’; rich nations lock in supplies
On Mar. 20, 2023, some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines said they could make hundreds…
CDC reported increasing threat of spread of antimicrobial-resistant fungus in healthcare facilities
On Mar. 20, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that Candida auris (C. auris),…
Life Science History | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia
On Mar. 17, 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified WHO of the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived…
Federal investment to increase Canada’s capacity to develop and manufacture critical medicines
On Mar. 17, 2023, PrairiesCan announced $80,514,000 over five years to support the Canadian Critical Drug Initiativeﾗan integrated…
FDA Advisory Committee voted in support of favorable benefit-risk profile for Pfizerﾒs PAXLOVIDﾙ
On Mar. 16, 2023, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationﾒs Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted…
Texas A&M scientists disable protective gene In mosquitoes
On Mar. 15, 2023, scientists at Texas A&M announced that a research study: ﾓRNA interference is essential to…