FDA Authorized PCR-Based Mpox Test
On Oct. 7, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to…
Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster received Health Canada authorization for individuals 12 years of age and older
On Oct. 7, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that Health Canada had authorized COMIRNATY Original & Omicron BA.4/BA.5…
3D map revealed DNA organization within human retina cells
On Oct. 7, 2022, the National Eye Institute researchers announced they had mapped the organization of human retinal…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in commercial chickens in Arkansas
On Oct. 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence…
Japanese vaccine database Created to assess Vaccine Effectiveness and adverse events
On Oct. 6, 2022, researchers in Japan released a study that described the development and application of the…
WHO warned of deadly cholera outbreak in Lebanon as cases increase
On Oct. 6, 2022, the World Health Organization announced the first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in…
Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics provided update on new clinical and non-clinical studies of LAGEVRIOﾙ (molnupiravir)
On Oct. 6, 2022, Merck announced data from two real-world evidence studies evaluating LAGEVRIOﾙ (molnupiravir), an investigational oral…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”
On Oct. 5, 2022, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal…
Drought exacerbated emerging infectious disease in California
On Oct. 5, 2022, researchers at UC Berkeley reported that coccidioidomycosisﾗalso known as Valley feverﾗan infectious disease, was…
USDA opened new poultry research facility in Georgia
On Oct. 4, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Poultry Research…
Washington University in St. Louis COVID-19 nasal vaccine technology licensed to Ocugen
On Oct. 4, 2022, Washington University in St. Louis announced it had licensed the rights to develop, manufacture…
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Svante Paabo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”
On Oct. 3, 2022, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to was awarded to Svante…
Monica Bertagnolli began work as 16th director of the National Cancer Institute
On Oct. 3, 2022, Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., started as the 16th director of the National Cancer Institute….
FDA Modernization Act reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 2017
On Sept. 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee…
Biotechnology | Disease | WHO
WHO launched new initiative to stop the spread of invasive malaria vector in Africa
On Sept. 29, 2022, the World Health Organization announced that it had identified the spread of Anopheles stephensi…
USDA confirmed two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in neighboring non-commercial flocks in Tillamook County
On Sept. 28, 2022, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health…
EMA accepted Moderna’s conditional Marketing Authorization filing for omicron BA.4/BA.5 targeting bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 28, 2022, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had accepted a variation for the…
Pfizer and BioNTech completed submission to EMA for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccinebBooster in children 5 through 11 years of age
On Sept. 28, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had completed a submission to the European Medicines Agency…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH established initiative to systematically investigate and establish function of every human gene
On Sept. 27, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched a program to better…
Study confirmed link between COVID-19 vaccination and temporary increase in menstrual cycle length
On Sept. 27, 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a large international study had confirmed…
Novavax made one million doses of Nuvaxovid available for use in the United Kingdom
On Sept. 27, 2022, Novavax announced that an initial one million doses of Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine were…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted application to U.S. FDA for EUA of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccine booster in children 5 through 11 years of age
On Sept. 28, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they have completed a submission to the U.S. Food and…
Scientists used modified silk proteins to create new nonstick surfaces
On Sept. 23, 2022, researchers at Tufts University announced they had developed a method to make silk-based materials…
Pfizer to supply global fund up to 6 million PAXLOVID treatment courses for low-and-middle-income countries
On Supt. 22, 2022, Pfizer announced an agreement to supply up to six million treatment courses of its…
Salk Institute to lead $126 million effort to map the aging human brain
On Supt. 22, 2022, with a five-year, $126 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a…
U.S. recorded steady decline in cancer death rates
On Sept. 21, 2022, the AACR released the 12th edition of its AACR Cancer Progress Report, an annual…
Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
On Sept. 20, 2022, the University of California, Davis announced that the amphibian decline in Latin America in…
Uganda declared Ebola virus disease outbreak
On Sept. 20, 2022, The health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosted response
On Sept. 17, 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that…
Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine became available in Israel for individuals aged 12 and older
On Sept. 16, 2022, Novavax announced that the Israel Ministry of Health had granted an import and use…