Nepal Eliminates Rubella, Also Known as German Measles
On Aug. 18, 2025, the World Health Organization announced Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem,…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
Wegovy® approved by FDA for the treatment of adults with noncirrhotic MASH with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis
On Aug. 15, 2025, Novo Nordisk announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a…
USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms
On Aug. 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a…
Human embryo implantation recorded in real time for the first time
On Aug. 15, 2025, researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in collaboration with the Dexeus…
Precigen Announces FDA Approval of PAPZIMEOS, the First and Only Approved Therapy for the Treatment of Adults with Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
On Aug. 15, 2025, Precigen announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PAPZIMEOS™ (zopapogene imadenovec-drba)…
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute receives record $2 billion commitment from Phil and Penny Knight
On Aug. 14, 2025, Phil and Penny Knight announced a record-breaking $2 billion gift to the Oregon Health…
Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
On Aug. 14, 2025, with help from artificial intelligence, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced they…
Valley Fever Cases Continue to Rise in 2025 Following Record High in 2024
On Aug. 14, 2025, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is reminding California residents and visitors that…
Lilly signs $1.3 billion deal with Superluminal to discover obesity medicines using AI
On Aug. 14, 2025, Eli Lilly has signed a deal worth $1.3 billion with privately held Superluminal Medicines…
4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City
On Aug. 14, 2025, a fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New…
Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Pharmaceutical
China creates new visa for young STEM talent in national tech drive
On Aug. 14, 2025, China announced it had launched a new visa category for young science and technology…
Researchers Map Cellular Landscape of the Developing Human Lung
On Aug. 13, 2025, a research team led by investigators at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part…
AbbVie Announces $195 Million Investment to Expand Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing in Illinois
On Aug. 12, 2025, AbbVie announced a $195 million investment in its North Chicago, Illinois manufacturing plant to…
Tick, Tick, Boom: Never-Before-Seen Images of Tick-Borne POWV Virus Could Light Fuse for New Treatments
On Aug. 12, 2025, Powassan virus (POWV), a type of flavivirus closely related to the Zika and Dengue…
Bayer and Kumquat Biosciences enter global $1.3 Billion license and collaboration in precision oncology
On Aug. 12, 2025, Bayer and Kumquat Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotech company founded by pioneers of the KRAS…
Researchers identify a potential biomarker for long COVID
On Aug. 11, 2025, Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and…
Researchers test common Household disinfectants’ abilities to fight antibiotic resistance at the genetic level
On Aug. 11, 2025, University of Washington (UW) researchers announced the results of testing the efficacy of several…
Will China’s new chromosome editing tool unlock new wave of genetic advances?
On Aug. 10, 2025, a group of Chinese scientists has overcome a challenge that stumped biologists for decades…
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
On Aug. 8, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
U.S. abandons mRNA vaccine development despite triumphs
On Aug. 8, 2025, the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was winding down…
Eliminating mosquitoes not enough to fight China’s chikungunya fever outbreak, experts say
On Aug. 8, 2025, experts in mosquito-borne infectious diseases are warning against excessive insect eradication campaigns as cities…
Cambridge researchers play key role in evidence leading to approval of new treatment for hereditary blindness
On Aug. 7, 2025, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today announced the approval…
Novel immunologic surveillance study provides new insights into post-pandemic return of respiratory viruses
On Aug. 7, 2025, The first paper from a multi-year clinical research study has been published in The…
Scripps Scientists build an “evolution engine” to rapidly reprogram proteins
On Aug. 7, 2025, research scientists at Scripps Research announced a new platform that enables fast, scalable protein…
CareDx Announces Landmark KOAR Study Published in the American Journal of Transplantation
On Aug. 6, 2025, CareDx announced the publication of the Kidney Allograft Outcomes AlloSure Registry (KOAR) study in…
Mars Partners with Pairwise to Accelerate Cacao Research Using CRISPR platform
On Aug. 6, Mars has licensed Pairwise’s Fulcrum® gene editing tools for cacao research and development. This licensing…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Modeyso™ (dordaviprone) as the First and Only Treatment for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma
On Aug. 6, 2025, Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Modeyso™ (dordaviprone)…
Washington Health Officials investigating possible locally acquired case of malaria
On Aug. 6, 2025, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) reported an East Pierce County, Washington woman who…
Scientists Achieve Megabase-Scale Precision Genome Editing in Eukaryotic Cells
On Aug. 5, 2025, a team of Chinese researchers led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of…
CDC issues warning as China fights chikungunya virus in Guangdong
On Aug. 5, 2025, U.S. health officials are warning travelers headed to southern China of an outbreak of…