USDA Invests in Projects to Strengthen New World Screwworm Preparedness and Response
On Jun. 16, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing funding for 40 breakthrough projects to…
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Johnson & Johnson Invests more than $1 Billion to Strengthen Contact Lens Manufacturing in Jacksonville, Florida
On Jun. 15, 2026, Johnson & Johnson announced an investment of more than $1 billion in Jacksonville, Florida…
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Joint Service Program Delivers Genetic sequencing technology to the Modern Battlefield
On Jun. 12, 2026, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency…
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Biotechnology | Disease | NIH | Therapeutics
University of Oklahoma Receives $11.5 Million NIH Award to Establish Statewide Immunoengineering Research Center
On Jun. 11, 2026, the University of Oklahoma (OU) announced it had received an $11.5 million award from…
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FDA Issues EUA for Generic Over-the-Counter Drug to Treat New World Screwworm in Dogs and Cats
On Jun. 11, 2026, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for generic…
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Genomes from Oceania offer new clues to human evolution
On Jun. 11, 2026, a new Yale University-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses…
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the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists released its 2026 maternal immunization schedule
On Jun. 10, 2026, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) released its 2026 maternal immunization schedule….
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FDA Expands Sunscreen Options for the First Time in 20 Years
On Jun. 9, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has added bemotrizinol to the…
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China performs world’s first combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human
On Jun. 9, 2026, Chinese surgeons announced they have carried out the world’s first combined transplant of a…
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GSK enters agreement to acquire Nuvalent for $10.6 Billion
On Jun. 9, 2026, GSK announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire Nuvalent, a Boston-based clinical-stage…
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USDA Responds to New World Screwworm; New Case Confirmed in La Salle County, Texas
On Jun. 9, 2026, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), alongside…
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First-in-the-world gene therapy delivers missing gene directly to infant’s brain, marking historic milestone in precision medicine
On Jun. 8, 2026, an eight-month-old infant with a severe genetic epilepsy has become the first patient in…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Clinical Research | Genomics | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
Google DeepMind, Google.org and Sanger Institute to launch new AI consortium for genomics
On Jun. 8, 2026, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Google.org, and Google DeepMind announced they are partnering up to…
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Incyte to Acquire Vega Therapeutics, Subsidiary of Star Therapeutics, for $1.25 billion, Expanding its Hematology Portfolio into Bleeding Disorders
On Jun. 8, 2026, Incyte announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vega Therapeutics, a wholly owned…
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Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Firefly Bio for $1 Billion in Cash to Expand Oncology Pipeline
On Jun. 8, 2026, Johnson & Johnson announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Firefly…
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Roche announces global collaboration with Nurix Therapeutics worth up to $2.3 billion
On Jun. 7, 2026, Roche announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with…
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study finds Indoor air contains greater diversity of airborne fungi than previously thought
On Jun. 5, 2026, researchers from Imperial College London have conducted the UK’s largest-ever longitudinal study of indoor…
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Debugging California: Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes
On Jun. 4, 2026, a program called Debug—run by Google’s health research arm—has applied to the EPA to…
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Caught in the act: a gene jumps into the void
On Jun. 4, 2026, scientists from the Max Planck Institute report that genes are not passed on exclusively…
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Bioprinting Cartilage, Producing Stem Cells Fill ISS Research Schedule
On Jun. 4, 2026, 3D bioprinting and stem cell research were the main research topics aboard the International…
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Lilly gains license for Ascidian’s gene-editing tech to develop kidney disease drugs worth up to $1.9 billion
On Jun. 3, 2026, Ascidian Therapeutics said it has signed a licensing deal for its gene-editing technology with…
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Flesh-eating screwworm may have been detected in South Texas, USDA says
On Jun. 3, 2026, an infestation of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite may have been detected in South Texas,…
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Alnylam and Inceptive Form Strategic AI Collaboration to Accelerate the Discovery of RNAi Therapeutics Worth Up to $2 Billion
On Jun. 3, 2026, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, the leading RNAi therapeutics company, and Inceptive Nucleics, which builds foundation models…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | Measles | NIH | Vaccine
Measles cases mount in Florida, highest number reported in 25 years
On Jun. 2, 2026, The Florida Department of Health said there have been 154 measles cases in the…
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Microrobots repair spinal cord
On Jun. 2, 2026, a research team from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich (UZH) announced it…
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CEPI funds next phase of nanoparticle vaccine platform to support rapid outbreak response
On Jun. 2, 2026, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced New funding will support the continued…
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CEPI fast-tracks three Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates
On May 31, 2026, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced it will urgently accelerate development of…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | Measles | NIH | Vaccine
U.S. nears 2,000 measles cases as scientists note brain inflammation, pneumonia in hospital cases
On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed 31 new measles cases…
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New study explores potential cross-species spread of chronic wasting disease
On May 28, 2026, In a newly published study in Science Advances, researchers from the University of Calgary and collaborators…
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Unilever Investing $270 Million in Global Innovation Centre in New Haven, Connecticut
On May 28, 2026, Unilever unveiled plans to develop a new Global Innovation Centre in New Haven, Connecticut,…
